3-3-1 Access Control

This function allows or denies computers with specific MAC address from connecting to the network; it can also allow or deny computers with specific IP address, protocol, or port.

Please click ‘Firewall’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Access Control’, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:

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Enable MAC Filtering (1):

Check this box to enable MAC address based filtering, and please select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to

 

 

 

 

 

decide the behavior of MAC filtering table. If you select deny, all MAC addresses listed in

 

 

 

 

 

filtering table will be denied from connecting to the network; if you select allow, only MAC

 

 

 

 

 

addresses listed in filtering table will be able to connect to the network, and rejecting all other

 

 

 

 

 

network devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Client PC MAC address (2):

Please input the MAC address of computer or network device here, dash ( - ) or colon ( : )

 

 

 

 

 

are not required. (i.e. If the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates

 

 

 

 

 

‘aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff’, just input ‘aabbccddeeff’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer Name (3):

Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the router will be listed here. You

 

 

 

 

 

can easily to select the computer name without checking the IP address of the computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comment (4):

 

You can input any text here as the comment of this MAC address, like ‘ROOM 2A Computer’

 

 

 

 

 

or anything. You can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters here. This is optional and you

 

 

 

 

 

can leave it blank, however, it’s recommended to use this field to write a comment for every

 

 

 

 

 

MAC addresses as a memory aid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add (5):

 

 

Click ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MAC address

 

 

 

 

 

filtering table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset (6):

 

Remove all inputted values.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAC Filtering Table (7):

All existing MAC addresses in filtering table will be listed here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delete Selected (8):

If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the ‘select’ box of the MAC

 

 

 

 

 

address you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button. (You can select more than

 

 

 

 

 

one MAC addresses).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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