ZyXEL Communications Corporation WAC6553D-E Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 8 AP Profile

NWA5000 / WAC6500 Series User’s Guide

SSID > MAC Filter List > Add/Edit MAC Filter Profile

The following table describes the labels in this screen.  

Layer-2 isolation is used to prevent wireless clients associated with your NWA/WAC from 
communicating with other wireless clients, APs, computers or routers in a network.

In the following example, layer-2 isolation is enabled on the NWA/WAC to allow a guest wireless 
client (A) to access the main network router (B). The router provides access to the Internet and the 

SSID > MAC Filter List > Add/Edit MAC Filter Profile

Profile Name

Enter up to 31 alphanumeric characters for the profile name. This name is only visible in 
the Web Configurator and is only for management purposes. Spaces and underscores are 
allowed.

Filter Action

Select allow to permit the wireless client with the MAC addresses in this profile to connect 
to the network through the associated SSID; select deny to block the wireless clients with 
the specified MAC addresses.

Add

Click this to add a MAC address to the profile’s list.

Edit

Click this to edit the selected MAC address in the profile’s list.

Remove

Click this to remove the selected MAC address from the profile’s list.

#

This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with a specific user.

MAC

This field specifies a MAC address associated with this profile.

Description

This field displays a description for the MAC address associated with this profile. You can 
click the description to make it editable. Enter up to 60 characters, spaces and underscores 
allowed.

OK

Click OK to

 

save your changes back to the NWA/WAC.

Cancel

Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving your changes.