TL-WR941N/TL-WR941ND

Wireless N Router

4.9.4 MAC Filtering

Choose menu “SecurityMAC Address Filtering”, you can configure the MAC Address filtering rule in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-36). The MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control access to the Internet by users on your local network based on their MAC addresses.

Figure 4-36 MAC Address Filtering

¾MAC Address - .This is the PC’S MAC address which is controlled by the rule. Its format is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B.

¾Description - This is the description about the PC, Fox example: John’s PC.

¾Status - This field displays the status, Enabled means the rule is effective, Disabled means the rule is ineffective.

)Note:

Before adding a MAC Address Filtering entry, you should enable the Firewall and the MAC Address Filtering function first (shown in Figure 4-31).

To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry:

Fox example: If you want to block the PCs with MAC addresses 00-0A-EB-00-07-BE and 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F to access the Internet, you can configure as follows.

1.Enable the “Firewall” and “MAC Address Filtering” on the Firewall screen (show in Figure 4-31). And then specify the Default MAC Address Filtering Rule as "Deny these PCs with enabled rules to access the Internet".

2. Click Add New…/Modify shown in Figure 4-36,you will see the following screen.

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TP-Link TL-WR941ND manual MAC Filtering, To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry