MAC Authentication - Bad Idea?

[Brian Candler]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:15:13AM -0800, Jim Rice wrote:
> Do I need to be concerned with MAC spoofing?

It's easy to do, so it will probably happen; this risk is weighed against
providing a service which is easy for your customers to use.

What happens if two people try to use the same MAC address simultaneously on
your wireless network?  I suspect it will break service for both of them,
which means that it's actually not very useful for freeloading.  They'd have
to coordinate to use it at different times.

You could also look for simultaneous users in your RADIUS accounting logs.

Regards,

Brian.