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Originally Posted by chris311
I finally figured this out. 
I purchased a Linksys USB Wireless N adapter for my desktop computer. On the software CD it came with Linksys Network Magic. It is a network monitoring, tracking, mapping, and configuration tool. I was messing around with it after first installing it and was looking at the network map.
The network map showed a device with a MAC adress that did not match my ipad, laptop, or PS3 so I thought it was someone else on my wireless network. I told Network Magic to block the unknown device from being able to access my network.
What I didn't know is that Network Magic can actually talk to your router and make changes, which is exactly what it did. When I blocked the unknown device, it turned on the MAC filtering software on my router to block the device.
Another thing I didn't know was that this "unknown" device was my cell phone. 
I just happened to be in my router's WEB GUI interface looking at the MAC filtering when I noticed that my phone's MAC adress was on the list. I wanted to scream but I live in an apartment and didn't want to annoy my neibhors, so I just bit my lip until it bled.
Once I turned off the MAC filtering my phone connected to my WIFI network without any problems.=D>
PS. The worst part was that the Linksys USB adpater was a piece of shit. I returned it the next day and bought a D-Link Wireless bridge instead. |
pure comedy... if your router is Linksys then yes, the software can make adjustments
(dont know about other brands.. but if it can... thats playing dirty), as for the adapter, that sucks, I havent had issues with any Linksys products... but then again I NEVER use the provided drivers, always get the latest from the chipset MFG..
On topic, so what are the only bugs so far for MR 6-20-2010, TimeZone and RSS Hub? (livesearch to bing for RSS Hub as mentioned by someone else earlier)