Motorola manual Restricting Wireless LAN Access, Configure on the SBG900

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Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB

Restricting Wireless LAN Access

The default SBG900 wireless settings enable any computer having a compatible wireless adapter to access your WLAN. To protect your network from unauthorized intrusions, you can restrict access to your WLAN to a limited number of computers on the Wireless > SECURITY — advanced Page.

You can configure one or both of:

Configure on the SBG900 Required On Each Wireless Client

Perform Configuring the Wireless Network Name on the SBG900 to disable Extended Service Set Identifier (ESSID) broadcasting to enable closed network operation

Perform Configuring a MAC Access Control List on the SBG900 to restrict access to wireless clients with known MAC addresses

You must configure the identical ESSID (network name) to the SBG900.

No configuration is required on the client.

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