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Originally Posted by isevilla
I just did the mac filtering again but when I was trying to connect it was disabled. I did find the mac address of the phone and added it to the list on the router and it still didnt connect. So didnt connect with or without the mac filtering.
Yes the old network was deleted. New one was created.
Used Wep so that it would be easier for the kids to remember the key as their laptops are not on the N network like mine are. My pc and laptop are on the N network with wpa2 i believe enabled.
As far as hiding the network I havent had any trouble connecting the other devices except for the touch.
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Okay you have me utterly confused. Perhaps this is something this router does; but two wireless networks and two security configurations from one router? Typically the router will accept a/b/g/n clients and communicate with them on whatever standard they support. Maybe I am getting old.
MAC filtering is a bad idea. With mac filtering all your doing is providing any would be hackers a nice list of mac addresses to spoof. Which makes network intrusion detection on your part harder because all you'll see is a familiar MAC address, but in fact it's the pimple faced kid next door spoofing the MAC address of your kids laptop.
Hidden networks are a false security. I can log into my router and it will show me all these "hidden" networks. With a couple keystrokes on my computer I can easily decloak any hidden SSID's. It's pointless and leads to bad security judgments because one assumes they are safe because they are hidden. Hidden networks also cause a host of performance issues.
WEP keys are normally long strings that are hard to remember and easy to crack, same pimple faced kid next door would be able to crack your WEP key in a matter of moments. WPA is much better, it's much more secure and plus you can use words that humans read.
Honestly at this point my best suggestion is unhide your SSID, move all your encryption to WPA or WPA2. Stop filtering MAC addresses, and stop restricting certain devices to certain 802.11 standards. What you'll end up with is a possibly a better performing network, that is more secure and I willing to bet your touch will work.
I know it's not what you want to hear.