The MAC address is the hardware address of a device. By definition it's not
routeable. Your router only sees the MAC addresses of the local wifi client
adapters and the MAC addresses of the local devices physically connected to
the router by cat5 cable. Unless your home PC is directly wired to a router
port, or directly connected on the local 802.11 net, the router will never
see its MAC address.
If you're trying for security here, two points.
First, MAC filtering is poor security. At work, for all wifi devices, use
WEP with the strongest supported encryption key. WPA is better. Go ahead and
do MAC filtering if you want, it won't hurt, but forget about it for home
use.
Second, if you are using VPN to connect from home, you have the best
security already on that side. That is, assuming that your home connection
is via an Ethernet switch in the office, cabled to the router.
"niel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3fce9b8e$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have tried all possible MACs, but still the same. I heard some said MAC
> address is non routable and the router only allow MAC address from the
next
> hop. Is it true?
>
>
>
> "gary" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:GMqzb.3857$(E-Mail Removed). ..
> > How are you connected from home? Is it possible the connection is via an
> > intermediary host with a different MAC?
> >
> > "niel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:3fcdeaa7$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I wish to limit access to the router management page to my home PC and
> > also
> > > the office's PC. So, I entered my home PC MAC address and also
office's
> PC
> > > MAC address into the router configuration page. I am sure the MAC
> address
> > of
> > > my work PC is correct, but I just couldn't connect back to home's
> router.
> > > What could be wrong?
> > >
> > > If I don't limit the MAC addresses which have access to the router
> > > management, my office PC can connect back to my WiFi router just fine.
> Any
> > > idea?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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