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Finally, the selected AP router is added in WDS’s Bridge mode.
3.3.4 MAC ACL
For security reason, using MAC ACL’s (MAC Address Access List) creates another level of
difficulty to hacking a network. A MAC ACL is created and distributed to AP so that only
authorized NIC’s can connect to the network. While MAC address spoofing is a proven means
to hacking a network this can be used in conjunction with additional security measures to
increase the level of complexity of the network security decreasing the chance of a breach.
MAC address can be add/delete/edit from the ACL list depending on the MAC Access Policy.