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Kenneth John · 08-28-2007, 02:01 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll disable that version of the Internet Protocol and see what happens. Just for fun, I enabled the wireless MAC filtering feature and put in my wife's wireless MAC address. It didn't make a difference in that the wireless router still will reboot when I turn on her laptop. But I think I'll leave the MAC filtering on as it seems to be a better level of security. Can anybody present a reason not to use MAC wireless filtering?
Thanks again. I'll keep you posted.

08-28-2007, 02:01 PM	#17
Kenneth John Member (6 bit) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Needham MA Posts: 45	Thanks for the suggestions. I'll disable that version of the Internet Protocol and see what happens. Just for fun, I enabled the wireless MAC filtering feature and put in my wife's wireless MAC address. It didn't make a difference in that the wireless router still will reboot when I turn on her laptop. But I think I'll leave the MAC filtering on as it seems to be a better level of security. Can anybody present a reason not to use MAC wireless filtering? Thanks again. I'll keep you posted.