Netgear WNDAP620 – ProSAFE 3x3 Single Radio, Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point 참조 매뉴얼

Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address

For increased security, you can restrict access to an SSID by allowing access to only specific 
computers or wireless stations based on their MAC addresses. You can restrict access to 
only trusted computers so that unknown computers cannot connect wirelessly to the wireless 
access point. MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your 
network, but the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed.

For wireless adapters, you can usually find the MAC address printed 
on the wireless adapter.

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Select Configuration > Security > Advanced > MAC Authentication. The MAC 

Authentication screen displays. (The following figure shows some examples.)

Optional: To display the MAC Authentication screen for the 802.11a/na modes, click the 
802.11a/na tab. 

Select the Turn Access Control On check box to enable the access control feature.

From the Select Access Control Database drop-down list, select one of the following 
database options:

Local MAC Address Database. The wireless access point uses the local MAC 
address database for access control. This is the default setting.

Remote MAC Address Database. The wireless access point uses the MAC address 
database on an external RADIUS server on the LAN for access control. If you select 
this database, you first need to configure the RADIUS server settings (see