TP-Link TD-8840 manual Security, ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide, MAC Filtering

TD-8840

ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

4.3.4 Security

Choose “Advanced Setup→Security” menu, you can do some security configurations for your Router. There are two submenus under the Security menu as shown in Figure 4-25.

Figure 4-25

4.3.4.1. MAC Filtering

Choose “Security→MAC Filtering” menu, you can configure the MAC filtering rule in the next screen similar to Figure 4-26.The MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control the access of users on your local network basing on their MAC addresses.

Figure 4-26

MAC Filtering Global Policy - The default setting is FORWARDED. FORWARDED means that all MAC layer frames will be forwarded except those matching with any of the specified rules in the following table. BLOCKED means that all MAC layer frames will be blocked except those matching with any of the specified rules in the following table. You can change the policy by clicking the Change Policy button to go to the Change MAC Filtering Global Policy page as shown in Figure 4-27.

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