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NWA1100-N User’s Guide
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MAC Filter Screen
10.1 Overview
This chapter discusses how you can use the Wireless > MAC Filter screen.
The MAC filter function allows you to configure the NWA to grant access to the NWA from other
wireless devices (Allow Association) or exclude devices from accessing the NWA (Deny Association).
wireless devices (Allow Association) or exclude devices from accessing the NWA (Deny Association).
Figure 47
MAC Filtering
In the figure above, wireless client U is able to connect to the Internet because its MAC address is
in the allowed association list specified in the NWA. The MAC address of client A is either denied
association or is not in the list of allowed wireless clients specified in the NWA.
in the allowed association list specified in the NWA. The MAC address of client A is either denied
association or is not in the list of allowed wireless clients specified in the NWA.
10.2 What You Can Do in this Chapter
Use the Wireless > MAC Filter screen to specify which wireless station is allowed or denied access
to the NWA (see
to the NWA (see
10.3 What You Need To Know
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 each device to configure MAC filtering
on the NWA.
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 each device to configure MAC filtering
on the NWA.