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--- basic-wfilter [2023/05/24 02:03] – -condense, formatting, insert link to Virtual Wireless hogwild
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 ====== Wireless Filter ======
-The Wireless Filter menu allows you to specify the MAC addresses of the only devices that will be allowed to connect on wireless interfaces. It is effectively a MAC Address whitelist for wireless access. (Default: Disabled).
+In this menu, you can specify the MAC addresses of the only devices to be allowed to connect to FreshTomato WiFi networks. It is effectively a MAC Address whitelist for wireless access. (Default: Disabled).
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-**MAC Address:** Enter the 12-character MAC address of the client device you wish to allow access to the wireless network. Clicking Add will create a new row in the table in which you can add another MAC address.
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-**Description: **Here, you can enter an (optional) plain text description of the device. This is helpful for keeping track of the various client devices allowed to connect.
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-Finally, click Save for the changes to take effect.
+**MAC Address:** the 12-character MAC address of the device to allow access to the WiFi network.
-Clicking the //Virtual Wireless Interfaces// link in the Notes section of this menu takes you to the [[virtual_wireless|Virtual Wireless]] menu. There, you can choose how and on which interface the Wireless Filter list of MAC addresses will work.
+Clicking "Add" will create a new row in the table to add another address.
-Note that for security purposes, Wireless Filter tends to prevent casual, inexperienced users from accessing a WiFi network. However, even in the most recent protocols/encryption, MAC addresses are not encrypted in WiFi traffic. Anyone with packet sniffing software, a wireless network adapter, and a little patience may be able to discover the MAC addresses of other clients on your network.
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+**Description: **an (optional) plain text description of the device.
+This helps keep track of the various client devices allowed to connect.
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-[[https://wiki.freshtomato.org/lib/exe/detail.php?id=wireless_filter&media=b073365a2e8d9bf3a3d1309b90f9de35.png|{{:b073365a2e8d9bf3a3d1309b90f9de35.png?774}}]]
+Clicking //Virtual Wireless Interfaces// under "Notes" takes you to the [[virtual_wireless|Virtual Wireless]] menu. There, you can choose how and on which interface the Wireless Filter list of MAC addresses will work.
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+For security purposes, Wireless Filter tends to prevent casual, inexperienced users from accessing a WiFi network. However, even with the most recent protocols/encryption, MAC addresses are unencrypted in WiFi. Anyone with packet sniffing software may be able to discover the MAC addresses of network clients.
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