TP-Link TL-WA730RE manual Wireless MAC Filtering

TL-WA730RE150Mbps Wireless N Range Extender User Guide

1)Automatic - Select WPA or WPA2 automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.

2)WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access.

3)WPA2 - WPA version 2.

•Encryption - You can select either Automatic, TKIP or AES.

•Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius Server.

•Radius Port - Enter the port used by radius service.

•Radius Password - Enter the password for the Radius Server.

•Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value can be either 0 or at least 30. Enter 0 to disable the update.

¾WEP - Select 802.11 WEP security.

•Type - You can select one of following types.

1)Automatic - Select Shared Key or Open System authentication type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.

2)Shared Key - Select 802.11 Shared Key authentication type.

3)Open System - Select 802.11 Open System authentication.

•WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length.

•WEP Key - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key information for your network in the selected key radio button. These values must be identical on all wireless stations in your network.

•Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid.

1)For 64-bitencryption - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters.

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

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

)Note:

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

2.You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the Save button.

4.7.3 Wireless MAC 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 4-15.This function is not available when the operation is set to Client. As the configuration is the same in each operation mode, here we just take the Access Point for example.

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