Linksys WRV54G Problem with MAC Filter

I've experienced a problem with the Linksys WRV54G related to the MAC
filter. It seems that it won't accept the MAC address from my HP iPAQ
h4350 for whatever reason. I've tried updating to the latest WRV54G
firmware (2.10), with no luck. Linksys support was unable to figure
out the problem, their final response was "Instead of using the MAC
filter for your PDA, you may want to use IP address filtering since
you've already tried everything but didn't get access with the Mac
filter on that PDA." Thanks! So, obviously there's some sort of
firmware issue going on here, leads me to wonder if there's anything
else going wrong with it??? I was looking at buying 12 of these
things, looks like that won't be happening...

I wonder if the support person bothered to ring this problem up the
ladder???
I hope the Linksys support people never take over Cisco's support
center!

Brad

Brad Nuss wrote:
> I've experienced a problem with the Linksys WRV54G related to the MAC
> filter. It seems that it won't accept the MAC address from my HP iPAQ
> h4350 for whatever reason. I've tried updating to the latest WRV54G
> firmware (2.10), with no luck. Linksys support was unable to figure
> out the problem, their final response was "Instead of using the MAC
> filter for your PDA, you may want to use IP address filtering since
> you've already tried everything but didn't get access with the Mac
> filter on that PDA." Thanks! So, obviously there's some sort of
> firmware issue going on here, leads me to wonder if there's anything
> else going wrong with it??? I was looking at buying 12 of these
> things, looks like that won't be happening...
>
> I wonder if the support person bothered to ring this problem up the
> ladder???
> I hope the Linksys support people never take over Cisco's support
> center!
>
> Brad

This might not be relevant to your equipment, but on other Linksys
routers there is both a DHCP client table that lists the MAC addresses
of connected devicesn (wired and wireless), and in the wireless section,
a listing of active MAC addresses used to set up the wireless MAC
address filtering. If you have either of these, does the PDA MAC
address you are using match with these listings? Also, on the -b
wireless router, there is a check box on the list of active wireless MAC
addresses. One would intiutively check the box to *permit* that MAC
addess, but for some arcane reason, the check box *denies* access to
that MAC address. Leaving the box unchecked allows the connections.

Q

Q

> This might not be relevant to your equipment, but on other Linksys
> routers there is both a DHCP client table that lists the MAC addresses
> of connected devicesn (wired and wireless), and in the wireless section,
> a listing of active MAC addresses used to set up the wireless MAC
> address filtering. If you have either of these, does the PDA MAC
> address you are using match with these listings? Also, on the -b
> wireless router, there is a check box on the list of active wireless MAC
> addresses. One would intiutively check the box to *permit* that MAC
> addess, but for some arcane reason, the check box *denies* access to
> that MAC address. Leaving the box unchecked allows the connections.
>
> Q
>
> Q

This device includes a function that will allow you to choose the MAC
address, from a list of all WLAN connected devices. The PDA connects
to the device via WLAN, and its MAC address shows up on the list.
However, when you choose that MAC address from the list, and try to
save the settings, I'll receive a response that says "Not a valid MAC
Address". Clever, huh? So, it allows the PDA to actually connect to
the router (using an "invalid MAC address"...), but when you go to
setup MAC filtering, it then specifically denies it, saying "Not a
valid MAC Address".

I know the PDA has a valid MAC address as my network hubs and switches
all properly move packets from the PDA to the network, and back.
Additionally, I have a US Robotics AP that allows this MAC address to
be placed in its MAC filter.

Brad Nuss wrote:
>> This might not be relevant to your equipment, but on other Linksys
>> routers there is both a DHCP client table that lists the MAC
>> addresses of connected devicesn (wired and wireless), and in the
>> wireless section, a listing of active MAC addresses used to set up
>> the wireless MAC address filtering. If you have either of these,
>> does the PDA MAC address you are using match with these listings?
>> Also, on the -b wireless router, there is a check box on the list of
>> active wireless MAC addresses. One would intiutively check the box
>> to *permit* that MAC addess, but for some arcane reason, the check
>> box *denies* access to that MAC address. Leaving the box unchecked
>> allows the connections.
>>
>> Q
>>
>> Q
>
> This device includes a function that will allow you to choose the MAC
> address, from a list of all WLAN connected devices. The PDA connects
> to the device via WLAN, and its MAC address shows up on the list.
> However, when you choose that MAC address from the list, and try to
> save the settings, I'll receive a response that says "Not a valid MAC
> Address". Clever, huh? So, it allows the PDA to actually connect to
> the router (using an "invalid MAC address"...), but when you go to
> setup MAC filtering, it then specifically denies it, saying "Not a
> valid MAC Address".
>
> I know the PDA has a valid MAC address as my network hubs and switches
> all properly move packets from the PDA to the network, and back.
> Additionally, I have a US Robotics AP that allows this MAC address to
> be placed in its MAC filter.

That bites! The MAC address should be all upper case, hyphens, and
numbers. 0 should be zero all the time, there is never an O. 6 groups
of two alphanumerics. The PDA should have the MAC address on the
transmitter or case somewhere, usually with the serial number. Does it
match what the router is reporting?

Q