TP-Link TL-WA750RE 4.6.3 Wireless MAC Filtering

TL-WA750RE

150Mbps Universal WiFi Range Extender User Guide

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

3) Open System - Select 802.11 Open System authentication type.

• 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-bit encryption - 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-bit encryption - 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-bit encryption - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of

0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 16 ASCII characters.

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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.

4.6.3 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 4-19. Since the configurations are almost the same in either

operation mode, here we just take that in Range Extender mode 1 for example.

Figure 4-19 Wireless MAC address Filtering

The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control wireless stations accessing the

device, which depend on the station's MAC addresses.