Manually adding in users to Be*Box

Greenlizard0

Greenlizard0

Greenlizard0

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I'm the "network administrator" for my Be*Box and the account holder.

Is there a way of me being able to manually add in users to connect to our home network? I.e. outside of the network key I've created for use in e.g. Windows?
 
Your post doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me, can you confirm what you are trying to do?

You want to add wireless clients but without them having the network key?
 
Sorry, I want to know if it's possible to select what wireless clients (i.e. which housemates) can access my network without having to go through changing the network key.

See the thing is - I have a housemate who no longer wants to join the network (use the internet etc.), and I was wondering if I could just kind of chuck him off of it.

I don't want him to have access to it if he's not contributing to the monthly bill.
 
Enable MAC address restriction, and just don't add his machine to the list of devices that are allowed to use the wireless.

Won't stop anyone determined to get on really but is a good option if you don't want to change the key.
 
What's MAC address restriction? There's no wicki article on it. I'm also reading that it's not the greatest of security actions to take? :confused:

The trouble is with the second part of your first sentance. If he's got the key - then he seems to be able to keep relogging in?
 
It is what it says, a restriction on what MAC addresses can connect to the router.

If he's got the key, it's pretty easy to spoof the MAC address and get in though, but he wouldn't be able to just reconnect with the key.
 
Just a thought.
Are you wnating to block him from the LAN too? changing the key or MAC filtering will lock him out of the network completely. If you just want to block internet access you should assign him a static IP address and block that using an ACL. That means he can get on the local network but not the internet. This might be better as if he's not on the network at all as a network administrator you have no way of monitoring what he's up to if he's the kind that might get up to mischief. Depending on the DHCP functionality of your router you ought to be able to bind his MAC address to an IP in a reserved lease. Same effect as a static IP only you don't actually need to get on his PC and change it, and hence HE is less likely to be able to do so as to him it's just getting it via DHCP :)
 
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