BeAuMaN
08-15-2008, 11:00 PM
'lo.
Was testing concerning my earlier problem as mentioned in the Nanostation forum, when I tried messing with MAC ACL. Your wiki is in error in describing it (I remember when I first read it, I thought it sounded wonky.)
as stated here (http://wiki.ubnt.com/wiki/index.php/AirOS#Wireless_Security), under MAC ACL in the Wireless Security section:
MAC ACL: MAC Access Control List (ACL) provides ability to allow or deny certain clients to connect to the AP (applicable for AP and AP WDS modes only).
MAC ACL can be enabled by selecting the Enabled option.
There are two ways to set the Access Control List:
define certain wireless clients in the list which will have granted access to the Access Point while the access will be denied for all the remaining clients - MAC ACL Policy is set to Deny.
define certain wireless clients in the list which will have denied access to the Access Point while the access will be granted for all the remaining clients - MAC ACL Policy is set to Allow'.
The MAC addresses of the wireless clients can be added and removed to the list using the Add and Remove buttons.
Note: MAC Access Control is the weakest security approach. WPA™ or WPA2™ security methods shoud be used when possible.
This is backwards (at least for NanoStation 3.1.1), actually. When MAC ACL Policy is set to "Deny", it denies all of the MAC Addresses listed in the box.
When ACL Policy is set to "Allow", it allows all of the MAC Addresses listed in the box.
Essentially, this needs to be corrected, to reflect that "Deny" and "Allow" target the listed MAC Addresses, not everyone else.
Thanks.
Was testing concerning my earlier problem as mentioned in the Nanostation forum, when I tried messing with MAC ACL. Your wiki is in error in describing it (I remember when I first read it, I thought it sounded wonky.)
as stated here (http://wiki.ubnt.com/wiki/index.php/AirOS#Wireless_Security), under MAC ACL in the Wireless Security section:
MAC ACL: MAC Access Control List (ACL) provides ability to allow or deny certain clients to connect to the AP (applicable for AP and AP WDS modes only).
MAC ACL can be enabled by selecting the Enabled option.
There are two ways to set the Access Control List:
define certain wireless clients in the list which will have granted access to the Access Point while the access will be denied for all the remaining clients - MAC ACL Policy is set to Deny.
define certain wireless clients in the list which will have denied access to the Access Point while the access will be granted for all the remaining clients - MAC ACL Policy is set to Allow'.
The MAC addresses of the wireless clients can be added and removed to the list using the Add and Remove buttons.
Note: MAC Access Control is the weakest security approach. WPA™ or WPA2™ security methods shoud be used when possible.
This is backwards (at least for NanoStation 3.1.1), actually. When MAC ACL Policy is set to "Deny", it denies all of the MAC Addresses listed in the box.
When ACL Policy is set to "Allow", it allows all of the MAC Addresses listed in the box.
Essentially, this needs to be corrected, to reflect that "Deny" and "Allow" target the listed MAC Addresses, not everyone else.
Thanks.
