It doesn't prevent bad guys because the MAC addresses are in the air.

On the next page, you'll learn how to find your computer's MAC address.

So why don't we base it on the MAC address?

So they said, okay, we know that MAC addresses are going to be unique.

In the old days, we did that by MAC address.

I mean, there's nothing at all special about a MAC address.

And so they give you instructions for how to get the MAC address of your access point.

The MAC address of the client is sent in the clear.

He's looking for the MAC address as it's certainly broadcasting unless they've turned it off.

You'd have to dumb it down for most users because they don't know what a MAC address means.

It doesn't prevent bad guys because the MAC addresses are in the air.

On the next page, you'll learn how to find your computer's MAC address.

So why don't we base it on the MAC address?

So they said, okay, we know that MAC addresses are going to be unique.

In the old days, we did that by MAC address.

I mean, there's nothing at all special about a MAC address.

And so they give you instructions for how to get the MAC address of your access point.

The MAC address of the client is sent in the clear.

He's looking for the MAC address as it's certainly broadcasting unless they've turned it off.

You'd have to dumb it down for most users because they don't know what a MAC address means.