Psion Teklogix 9160 G2 User Manual
Psion Teklogix 9160 G2 Wireless Gateway User Manual
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Chapter 17: MAC Address Filtering
Navigating To MAC Filtering Settings
A Media Access Control (MAC) address is a hardware address that uniquely
identifies each node of a network. All IEEE 802 network devices share a common
48-bit MAC address format, usually displayed as a string of 12 hexadecimal digits
separated by colons, for example
identifies each node of a network. All IEEE 802 network devices share a common
48-bit MAC address format, usually displayed as a string of 12 hexadecimal digits
separated by colons, for example
FE:DC:BA:09:87:65
.
Each wireless network interface card (NIC) used by a wireless client has a unique
MAC address.
MAC address.
You can control client access to your wireless network by switching on MAC Filter-
ing and specifying a list of approved MAC addresses. When MAC Filtering is on,
only clients with a listed MAC address can access the network.
ing and specifying a list of approved MAC addresses. When MAC Filtering is on,
only clients with a listed MAC address can access the network.
The following sections describe how to use MAC address filtering on the 9160 G2
Wireless Gateway.
Wireless Gateway.
17.1 Navigating To MAC Filtering Settings
To enable filtering by MAC address, navigate to the Manage > MAC Filtering tab,
and update the fields as described below.
and update the fields as described below.