ZyXEL Communications P-661H Series User Manual

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN

P-661H/HW Series User’s Guide

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the 

ZyXEL Device

 to give exclusive access to up 

to 32 devices (Allow) or exclude up to 32 devices from accessing the 

ZyXEL Device

 (Deny). 

Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address 
is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 
00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You need to know the MAC address of the devices to configure this 
screen.
To change your 

ZyXEL Device

’s MAC filter settings, click Network > Wireless LAN > MAC 

Filter. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 67   MAC Address Filter

The following table describes the labels in this menu.

Table 43   MAC Address Filter

Active MAC 

Filter

Select the check box to enable MAC address filtering.

Filter Action 

Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Address table. 
Select Deny to block access to the ZyXEL Device, MAC addresses not listed will be 

allowed to access the ZyXEL Device 
Select Allow to permit access to the ZyXEL Device, MAC addresses not listed will be 

denied access to the ZyXEL Device.