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Jon T · 31-03-2010, 20:01

A MAC address is a fixed addreess* associated with a network interface,

This is a MAC address: 00-15-C5-3F-E4-1C(it may sometimes be shown without the hyphens).

A MAC filter is built into your router, and will allow you to limit connections to PC's with certain MAC addresses.

*the pedants on here will pont to the fact that it can be changed, but every network interface has a default MAC that is unique.

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Your netgear router may already supply the MAC address of connected devices, if not you need to find it out from the other person, this may give a heads up to how you are limiting access and encourage a way round your blocking to be found.

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Jon T cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mansfield, Notts Age: 45 Services: Virgin Media Telephone and 100Mb broadband, Sky Q Posts: 1,994	Re: How can I ban someone from my Wireless Connection? A MAC address is a fixed addreess* associated with a network interface, This is a MAC address: 00-15-C5-3F-E4-1C(it may sometimes be shown without the hyphens). A MAC filter is built into your router, and will allow you to limit connections to PC's with certain MAC addresses. *the pedants on here will pont to the fact that it can be changed, but every network interface has a default MAC that is unique. ---------- Post added at 20:01 ---------- Previous post was at 19:55 ---------- Your netgear router may already supply the MAC address of connected devices, if not you need to find it out from the other person, this may give a heads up to how you are limiting access and encourage a way round your blocking to be found.