TP-Link TL-WA7210N MAC Filtering, 2.4GHz 150Mbps Outdoor Wireless Access Point User Guide,  Note

TL-WA7210N

2.4GHz 150Mbps Outdoor Wireless Access Point User Guide

•For 128-bitencryption - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, and null key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.

•For 152-bitencryption - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, and null key is not permitted) or 16 ASCII characters.

Note:

If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have selected Shared Key as Authentication Type.

Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page.

5.7.3MAC Filtering

Selecting Wireless > Wireless MAC Filtering will allow you to set up some filtering rules to control wireless stations accessing the device, which depend on the station’s MAC address on the following screen as shown Figure 4-9.

Figure 5-21 Wireless MAC address Filtering

The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control wireless stations accessing the AP, which depend on the station's MAC addresses.

MAC Address - The wireless station's MAC address that you want to access.

Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled.

Description - A simple description of the wireless station.

Modify - Here you can modify or delete an existing rule.

To disable the Wireless MAC Address Filters feature, keep the default setting, Disable.

To set up an entry, click Enable, and follow these instructions:

First, you must decide whether the specified wireless stations can or cannot access the AP. If you desire that the specified wireless stations can access the AP, please select the radio button Allow the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list to access, otherwise, select the radio button Deny the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list to access.

To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, clicking the Add New... button, and following these instructions: The “Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry" page will appear, shown in Figure 5-22.

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