Using MAC Filter for Security instead WEP

[Yatrik]

Hi,
I have 2 wired desktops and one wireless laptop. I am having a problem with making a connection when I use WEP. If I instead use the "MAC Filter" option on my Belkin Router to set the MAC IDs of only the computers that I wish to allow to connect to my network, wouldn't this be in effect keep hackers out so that I do not need to use WEP?

[FaMe FacToR]

Hey! Well, doing the mac only thing will keep ppl out for a shorter period of time than if you ran the wep and mac thing. Tools are available (to tools that want to hack your stuff) that will make short work of unencrypted wifi traffic. If you live in a rural area this might not matter much as there's a reduced risk of being noticed and targeted. If you live in a urban area you will probably be noticed. And then there are tools such as the ones I know who like to drive through town with tools running in their laptops, conected to gps, so they can log the wifi ap's of an entire town and make a map showing all.

[Milton.J]

Yeah! go ahead with this. its a safe and secure practise... All the best!