Nokia M/MW Gateways M1112, M1122, MW1112, MW1122, MW1324, MW1352

Figure 11. Wireless LAN page

6.2Enabling admission control

On the WLAN Clients page you can enable access control based on the MAC addresses of the wireless LAN clients (that is the PC's or laptops in your wireless network).

When access control is enabled, only the wireless stations on the client table have access to your wireless network.

To add a client in the client table, do the following:

1.Choose a name for the wireless client and write it in the Name field. (The fields used for adding new clients are located next to the Add new button).

2.Write the client's MAC address in the MAC address field. Depending on your Windows version, refer to the instrustions below on how to find out the MAC address(es) of the computer(s) in your wireless network.

3.Select the encryption key length from the WEP key length menu. If you select the key length (that is, your choice is other than “None”), you must also enter the encryption key.

4.Select the Client table MAC address option from the Admission method pull-down menu.

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