Volume Mac Filter

latino24m · 11-03-2006, 04:50 AM

Hello! I am a soldier deployed to Iraq and I am running a 130 client wired network. Does anyone know about any device that will allow MAC FILTER for this many clients? I tried the US Robotics, linksys and d link with no luck. All this devices have a very limited allowed MAC list. I can only allow about 60 users on at the time. Any help with this issue will be greatly appreciated.

**johnwill** · 11-03-2006, 07:43 AM

You need to spend more money, move up to Cisco products, and you'll find your match.

latino24m · 11-03-2006, 11:54 PM

See the thing is brother that i have a very limited budget for this mission because this network will nly be setup for the next 9 months and then we are leaving. I know cisco products are very good but my unit just wont give me the money to get them :(

**Squashman** · 11-04-2006, 12:26 PM

Setup a dedicated proxy server with Squid or Ipcop on a spare computer.

latino24m · 11-04-2006, 10:26 PM

I tried IPCOP but with that many clients connected to the computer it doesnt seem to work very well. The connection slows down too much. And we only have one spare. But IPCOP is excelent software.

**Squashman** · 11-05-2006, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by latino24m

I tried IPCOP but with that many clients connected to the computer it doesnt seem to work very well. The connection slows down too much. And we only have one spare. But IPCOP is excelent software.

What kind of hardware do you have in that spare machine? You gotta have alot of memory to do stuff like that.

My friends a school district with 2000 plus students and faculty and he has one SQUID Proxy server. Ipcop isn't quite Squid but they can do similar things.

latino24m · 11-08-2006, 09:47 PM

I was just hoping there was a much simpler solution to this simple problem i guess ill just divide the nework in half and use two cheap routers with a 64 client limit mac filter. D-Link works

11-03-2006, 04:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
latino24m Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4 OS: xp pro	Volume Mac Filter Hello! I am a soldier deployed to Iraq and I am running a 130 client wired network. Does anyone know about any device that will allow MAC FILTER for this many clients? I tried the US Robotics, linksys and d link with no luck. All this devices have a very limited allowed MAC list. I can only allow about 60 users on at the time. Any help with this issue will be greatly appreciated. Last edited by latino24m; 11-03-2006 at 04:51 AM.

11-03-2006, 07:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,748 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	You need to spend more money, move up to Cisco products, and you'll find your match. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

11-03-2006, 11:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
latino24m Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4 OS: xp pro	See the thing is brother that i have a very limited budget for this mission because this network will nly be setup for the next 9 months and then we are leaving. I know cisco products are very good but my unit just wont give me the money to get them :(

11-04-2006, 12:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Squashman Tech, Networking Forums Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 1265 Lombardi Ave. Posts: 1,146 OS: All of the above	Setup a dedicated proxy server with Squid or Ipcop on a spare computer.

11-04-2006, 10:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
latino24m Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4 OS: xp pro	I tried IPCOP but with that many clients connected to the computer it doesnt seem to work very well. The connection slows down too much. And we only have one spare. But IPCOP is excelent software.

11-08-2006, 09:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
latino24m Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4 OS: xp pro	I was just hoping there was a much simpler solution to this simple problem i guess ill just divide the nework in half and use two cheap routers with a 64 client limit mac filter. D-Link works