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	deeteroderdas	2008-03-03 , 19:42
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Originally Posted by gemniii42

I prefer to keep it secure by MAC address limitation.
There will be only one.

Yes, perhaps. But, MAC addresses can be spoofed. Certain NICs allow their MAC addresses to be changed via software.

Security through MAC filtering should be one layer of a "defense in depth" principle...MAC filtering, WPA2 (or better, RADIUS), VPN, firewall, etc.

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