ZyXEL G-120 User’s Guide

5.4 The MAC Filter Screen

The MAC Filter screen allows you to configure the G-120 to give exclusive access to (Accept) devices or exclude devices from (Reject) connecting to the G-120. 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 address of the device(s) to configure this screen. See Section 3.2.2 on page 36 for more information.

Figure 41 Access Point Mode: MAC Filter

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 18 Access Point Mode: MAC Filter

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Filter Type

Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC address filter

 

table.

 

Select Disable to deactivate the MAC filter feature.

 

Select Reject to block access to the G-120, MAC addresses not listed will be

 

allowed to access the G-120.

 

Select Accept to permit access to the G-120, MAC addresses not listed will be

 

denied access to the G-120.

 

 

Filter MAC

Specify the MAC address(es) of the wireless station(s) that is allowed or denied

Address 1-16

association to the G-120.

 

Enter six pairs of hexadecimal digits (separated by colons) in the range of “A-F”,

 

“a-f” and “0-9” (for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02).

 

If you enter an invalid MAC address, once you click Save to save the values, a

 

warning screen will be displayed.

 

 

Save

Click Save to save the changes back to the G-120.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to discard the changes.

 

 

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