NETGEAR WAB102 manual Restrict Wireless Activity by MAC Address

User’s Guide for the WAB102 802.11a+b Dual Band Wireless Access Point

Restrict Wireless Activity by MAC Address

Each device on Ethernet and wireless LAN networks have a media access control (MAC) address, which is a a unique 48-bit number assigned to each device by the manufacturer. A highly secure way of protecting unauthorized access to your wireless network is to restrict access to only those devices whose MAC addresses you specify. To do so, you must configure your wireless access point to recognize and accept communications from the MAC address of only authorized wireless devices. To check the MAC addresses of devices currently on your wireless network, go to the AP Status screen and check the station list as shown on page 31.

Follow the steps in the procedure below to restrict access to your WAB102 by MAC address.

1.From the Windows desktop, follow the instructions given in “Basic Configuration“ on page 14 to go to the Access Control screen.

2.Set the MAC addresses of the devices you wish to block or allow and click add.

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