Author: Bill Detwiler
Category: IT Dojo Video, Networking, Security, Network Administration, Wireless
Tags: MAC, MAC Address, Video, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Bill Detwiler
When you support small offices, home offices, and remote offices, you often run across older wireless equipment. Equipment that’s likely secured with MAC filtering and perhaps a hidden SSID and WEP encryption.
I think most techs would agree that MAC filtering alone isn’t going to secure a wireless network and that even WEP and a hidden SSID aren’t much better. But, does MAC filtering at least keep out the lazy hackers? In this IT Dojo video, I show you just how easy it is to spoof a MAC address.
After watching the video, you can read the original tip in Chad Perrin’s article, “How to spoof a MAC address”.
