shawa

Hi,

I have MAC address filtering switched on, on my Netgear wifi router. Will that affect ANY PCs attached to the router, whether by wifi or by cable?

I've connected a second PC to my router by ethernet cable, but I can't get out to the internet.
I can connect okay via wireless on my other PC.

Just looking for confirmation that it's the likely cause of the problem...I can't check until I get home tonight.
Thanks.

mike1210

MAC address filtering only allows certain network cards to connect to the router, this normally applies only to wireless connections but not on all. The reason for MAC filtering is to help unwanted people using your internet connection. Not sure if on the netgears it applies to both types or just wireless clients but someone else should confirm this

typing ipconfig /all in a dos prompt will give you your MAC (physical address) of the network card. Be sure to identify the correct one as your computers may have a couple, one for wireless and one for the wired card

jpor

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Did you make a note of the MAC addresses of each network card, on each PC before you switched on the filtering?

If you didn't then chances are that this is the cause.

When you enable MAC filtering then normally you put in 'Granted' MAC addresses to allow for connection.

shawa

Thanks for the responses. I know how to set it up, but I just wasn't sure if it also applied to 'wired' connections to the router.

I did an ipconfig /all last night and it didn't pick up the router, so I reckon the MAC address filtering is probably the cause. Just wanted confirmation.

I made a note of the new PC's MAC address, so I'll add it tonight and re-test.

shawa

I should have made it clear in my first posting, that I'm adding a second PC to an existing wireless network (but configuring it by a wired connection).

AVZ

Mac Address filtering will effect Wired and Wireless.

jpor

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Can be dependent on which router. D-link for example only have MAC Filtering for the wireless part only, on their 604 + model.

_Meridian_

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My Netgear DG834GT also has it only on the wireless bit. Look which menu it is under.

Can the PC see the other machine(s)? I would guess the issue is either a) the firewall, or b) an incorrect network setting somewhere.


M