Re: [afnog] faulty client network slowing down my link

[S Woodside <sbwoodside at yahoo.com>]

So disable their MAC address for the problem client ;-)

I guess you could set up a new radio just for the problem client, and 
then do filtering on the switch or router or whatever from there.

simon

On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 07:51  AM, Robert Longla wrote:

> I am using Airpointpro as AP and Airbridges as clients
> from Smartbridges Pte - Singapore
> www.smartbridges.com. These are 802.11b compliance
> radios with client internal MAC authorisation. I don't
> find any MAC filtering feature.
>
> Robert
>
>
>  --- S Woodside <sbwoodside at yahoo.com> wrote: >
> Robert, perhaps the situation can still be remedied
>> in the radio. What
>> model is it? You might for example be able to set up
>> MAC address
>> filtering at the MAC layer in the radio to prevent
>> it from talking to
>> problem clients. You would probably need to fix this
>> at the MAC level,
>> not at the router, if your client is flooding the
>> link.
>>
>> simon
>>
>> On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 06:05  PM, Robert
>> Longla wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I am using smartbridges radios with a mikrotik
>> router
>>> in my WISP network. Of late some clients with
>> faulty
>>> networks are slowing down and even blocking my
>> link.
>>> Enabling bandwidth management on my router donīt
>>> appear to help the situation.
>>>
>>> Who can propose to me a better hardware/software
>> setup
>>> for my network that can hinder interference by
>> faulty
>>> clients networks.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> robert
>>>
>>> =====
>>> Robert Longla
>>> Hidel Technologies
>>> P. O. Box 126
>>> Bamenda, Cameroon
>>> Tel: 237-336 3393
>>> Cel: 237-762 1818
>>> Fax: (1)413 812 7861
>>>
>>>

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