On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:19:08 +0000, Mark McIntyre
<markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:53:05 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , Jeff
>Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
>
>>Of course, if they change their MAC address, or introduce a new
>>computer, such QoS by IP address or MAC address is useless.
>
>This is one of the few places where MAC-address based permissioning on
>the router is useful.

Yep. However, it's easy enough for a user to change their MAC
address, making this a rather awkward method of monitoring. I've
recently been installing arpwatch into DD-WRT to detect any "unusual"
new users:
<http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Using_ipkg_to_install_OpenWRT_packages>
<http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_list_of_Optware_packages>
<http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Ipkg>

Make sure to first enable JFFS2 support on the:
Admin -> Management
page. It won't stop the users for changing their MAC address, but it
will detect them when they try.

Argh.... "ipkg update" doesn't seem to be working for me today. Now,
what did I do wrong this time? Oh, no flash space. It's full.






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