Controlling Access by MAC Address Filtering

A Media Access Control (Media Access Control) address is a hardware address that is a solitary identifier of each network node. All IEEE 802 network equipment has a MAC address of 48-bit, and such address is generally composed of twelve 16-digits, and colons such as FE:DC:BA:09:87:65.

A wireless Network Interface Card (NIC), which is used by a client, has a solitary MAC address.

A user can adjust clients attempting to access to a wireless network, by setting up MAC addresses of clients to be allowed/blocked on "MAC Filtering". If the MAC filtering function is activated, only clients that MAC addresses are allowed can access to a network.

Using MAC Filtering

Using the MAC filtering function, a user can limit AP accesses based on Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. A user can also allow or block client accesses on the MAC address list through filter settings.

If the guest interface is activated, the MAC filtering setting is applied to both two BSSs.

In an AP using 802.11a and 802.11b/g, the MAC filtering settings are applied to both 802.11a and 802.11b/g.


Item	Description
Filter	Click a button from the following buttons to set up the MAC address filter. Accesses only permitted for terminals on the list All terminals on the list blocked Mac filtering not used
Stations List	Enter a 48-bit MAC address and click the Add button to add the MAC address to the terminal list. Then the MAC address will be added to the terminal list. Select the 48-bit MAC address and click the Delete button to remove the MAC address from the terminal list. A user can also allow or block a client in the list to access to an AP through filter settings.

Settings Update

Move to the MAC filtering page.

Set up the MAC filtering item as desired.

Click the Update button to apply the modifications.