On 11 Apr 2007 09:53:33 -0700, "aljuhani" <private.mailbox@gmail.com>
wrote in <1176310413.169362.63560@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups. com>:

>I have a linksys WAG54gX2 SRX200 and decided lately and in addition to
>WPA encryption to apply MAC address filtering which would allow only
>my 1 x Wireless Desktop and 1 x Laptop.

MAC addresses are too easily spoofed for MAC address filtering to be of
any real value; i.e., it's not worth the trouble. WPA with a strong
passphrase is all you really need.

>But now and looking to my /var/log/messages, I see the following Mac
>Address trying to gain access which is normal when someone is trying
>to connect to my wifi.
>
>Due to the number of consecutive error messages below and time frame
>in between, I thought may be the attacker is applying some sort of
>Denial of service attack that would may be disable such filtering, I
>do not know but just thought to ask the experts here.

Probably not a DoS attack. Might even be a device of your own. Anyone
worth worrying about will be spoofing in any event.

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