TL-R460Cable/DSL Router User Guide

5.7.4 MAC Filtering

Like the IP Address Filtering page, the MAC Address Filtering page (shown in figure 5-24) allows you to control access to the Internet by users on your local network based on their MAC addresses.

Figure 5-24 MAC Address Filtering

Before setting up MAC Filtering entries, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and Enable MAC Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry" will appear, shown in figure 5-25:

Figure 5-25 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry

To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions:

1.Enter the appropriate MAC address into the MAC Address field. The format of the MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B.

2.Type the description of the PC in the Description field. Fox example: John’s PC.

3.Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list.

4.Click the Save button to save this entry.

To add additional entries, repeat steps 1-4.

When finished, click the Return button to return to the MAC Address Filtering page.

To Modify or delete an existing entry:

1.Find the desired entry in the table.

2.Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Edit column.

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