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Advanced MAC Filtering Page

This page allows you to define up to twenty Media Access Control (MAC) address filters to prevent PCs from sending outgoing TCP/UDP traffic to the WAN via their MAC addresses. This is useful because the MAC address of a specific NIC card never changes, unlike its IP address, which can be assigned via the DHCP server or hard-coded to various addresses over time.

Field Descriptions for the Advanced MAC Filtering Page

Field

Description

 

 

MAC Addresses

Media Access Control address — a unique set of 12 hexadecimal digits

 

assigned to a PC during manufacturing.

 

 

Setting a MAC Address Filter

1.Enter the MAC address in the MAC Addresses field for the PC you want to block.

2.Click Add MAC Address.

3.Repeat above steps for up to twenty MAC addresses.

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