TP-Link TL-WA750RE manual Wireless MAC Filtering

TL-WA750RE150Mbps Universal WiFi Range Extender User Guide

•WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length.

•WEP Key - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key information for your network in the selected key radio button. These values must be identical on all wireless stations in your network.

•Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid.

1)For 64-bitencryption - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters.

2)For 128-bitencryption - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.

3)For 152-bitencryption - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 16 ASCII characters.

)Note:

If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication Type.

Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page.

4.5.3 Wireless MAC Filtering

Selecting Wireless > Wireless MAC Filtering will allow you to set up some filtering rules to control wireless stations accessing the device, which depend on the station’s MAC address on the following screen as shown Figure 4-15.Since the configurations are almost the same in either operation mode, here we just take that in Range Extender mode 1 for example.

Figure 4-15 Wireless MAC address Filtering

The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control wireless stations accessing the device, which depend on the station's MAC addresses.

¾Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode.

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