Configuration | Section 3 |
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Options related to: RESTRICTING WIRELESS ACCESS TO SPECIFIC USERS
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Wireless MAC | Sets restrictions on which wireless clients (specified by wireless |
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Restriction Mode: | MAC address) are allowed to associate with the WR850. |
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(ADVANCED) | • Selecting Allow allows access only by those clients |
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| identified by the Restricted Wireless MAC Addresses. |
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| • Selecting Deny allows access by all clients except those |
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| identified by the Restricted Wireless MAC Addresses. |
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| • Selecting Disabled suppresses MAC address restrictions. |
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| NOTE: While MAC address restrictions can provide a level of |
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| security for your wireless network, since MAC addresses can |
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| be “spoofed” by hackers, enabling wireless security methods |
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| on the SECURITY Page is still recommended. |
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| FACTORY DEFAULT: Disabled |
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Restricted | Sets a list of up to sixteen wireless clients (specified by wireless |
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Wireless MAC | MAC address) for which association is restricted as per the |
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Addresses: | Wireless MAC Restriction Mode above. |
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(ADVANCED) | NOTE: A MAC address has a format of: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX. |
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| FACTORY DEFAULT: (blank) |
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Authenticated | Shows a list of wireless clients (specified by MAC address) that |
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Clients: | are “authenticated” (recognized by identification criteria) by the |
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(DISPLAY ONLY) | WR850. If “authorization” (allowing access through the WR850 |
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| based on authentication) is used, its status is also provided. |
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| Additionally, an indication is provided if a connection to this client |
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| has been established that can support WMM prioritization. |
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| (WME is another acronym commonly used for WMM features.) |
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