Chapter 10 Wireless LAN

10.9 MAC Filter

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the ZyWALL to give exclusive access to specific devices (Allow) or exclude specific devices from accessing the ZyWALL (Deny). Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You need to know the MAC addresses of the devices to configure this screen.

To change your ZyWALL’s MAC filter settings, click the WIRELESS > Wi-Fi> MAC Filter. The screen appears as shown.

"To activate MAC filtering on a profile, select Enable from the Enable MAC Filtering drop-down list box in the Wireless Card > Edit screen and click Apply.

Figure 143 NETWORK > WIRELESS CARD > MAC Filter

The following table describes the labels in this menu.

Table 65 WIRELESS > Wi-Fi > MAC Filter

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Association Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC address filter table.

Select Deny to block access to the router, MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to access the router. Select Allow to permit access to the router, MAC addresses not listed will be denied access to the router.

#This is the index number of the MAC address.

User Name Enter a descriptive name for the MAC address.

 

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