Netgear router problem

Hi,
I have a Netgear DG834 v2 router. Their is a mac address connecting to the
router which does not seem to belong to any of my attached devices. What I
would like to know is, how can I block this mac address to see what happens.
Thanks.

"Cyberdog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have a Netgear DG834 v2 router. Their is a mac address
> connecting to the router which does not seem to belong to
> any of my attached devices. What I would like to know is,
> how can I block this mac address to see what happens.
> Thanks.

Try using ethereal to see what packets are being sent to/from that
address. That should give you some idea what it is.

Ivor

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> Hi,
> I have a Netgear DG834 v2 router. Their is a mac address connecting to the
> router which does not seem to belong to any of my attached devices. What I
> would like to know is, how can I block this mac address to see what happens.
> Thanks.

Add it to the list of blocked devices and switch on access control.
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Regards
Jon

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:21:38 +0100, Jon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Add it to the list of blocked devices and switch on access control.

I thought of doing this, but I can`t see where the blocked devices section is.
Any ideas please??
Thanks

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> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:21:38 +0100, Jon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Add it to the list of blocked devices and switch on access control.
>
> I thought of doing this, but I can`t see where the blocked devices section is.
> Any ideas please??

It's been a while since I had a netgear, I can't remember. SHould be
fairly easy to find, look for firewall or security settings or similar.
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Regards
Jon

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:38:36 +0100, Jon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

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>> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:21:38 +0100, Jon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >Add it to the list of blocked devices and switch on access control.
>>
>> I thought of doing this, but I can`t see where the blocked devices section is.
>> Any ideas please??
>
>It's been a while since I had a netgear, I can't remember. SHould be
>fairly easy to find, look for firewall or security settings or similar.

Thanks Jon,
I found the firewall rules and put an incoming and outgoing block on the ip of
the mac address. See what happens, and if anything stops working.
Thanks

Cyberdog wrote in
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> On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:38:36 +0100, Jon <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> (E-Mail Removed) declared for all the world to hear...
>>> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:21:38 +0100, Jon <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Add it to the list of blocked devices and switch on access control.
>>>
>>> I thought of doing this, but I can`t see where the blocked devices
>>> section is. Any ideas please??
>>
>> It's been a while since I had a netgear, I can't remember. SHould be
>> fairly easy to find, look for firewall or security settings or
>> similar.
>
> Thanks Jon,
> I found the firewall rules and put an incoming and outgoing block on
> the ip of the mac address. See what happens, and if anything stops
> working.

I don't think you configure it as a firewall rule. As far as I remember,
wireless MAC address filtering is done on the Wireless menu. Would you
believe I've just spent several panicky minutes wondering why I can't browse
to my router, before it dawned on me that I'm accessing the internet by
dial-up at the moment while I'm on holiday. I feel a right pillock now!

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:40:41 +0100, "Martin Underwood" <a@b> wrote:

>I don't think you configure it as a firewall rule. As far as I remember,
>wireless MAC address filtering is done on the Wireless menu. Would you
>believe I've just spent several panicky minutes wondering why I can't browse
>to my router, before it dawned on me that I'm accessing the internet by
>dial-up at the moment while I'm on holiday. I feel a right pillock now!

Hi,
I think their is some confusion. The IP/Mac address is appearing on my
Ethernet router, not a WiFi one. As for trying to access your router while on
holiday, you could always blame it on the heat at the moment ;-))
My Ethernet router is showing up a Mac address that does not belong to any of
the attached systems, which is confusing me slightly. I have done as Jon
suggested and setup a firewall rule with incoming and outgoing blocking of the
IP. All I can do now is wait to see if any of my attached systems fall over,
if they don`t I will have to take another look as to what this Mac address
belongs to.
Enjoy your holiday.
Thanks.