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Chapter 10 Wireless LAN

10.6 MAC Filter

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the WAP3205 v2 to give exclusive access to devices (Allow) or exclude devices from accessing the WAP3205 v2 (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 address of the devices to configure this screen.

To change your WAP3205 v2’s MAC filter settings, click Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 61 Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter

The following table describes the labels in this menu.

Table 36 Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Access Policy
SSID	Select the SSID for which you want to configure MAC filtering.
Policy	Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Address table.
	Select Disable to deactivate the MAC filtering rule you configure below.
	Select Allow to permit access to the WAP3205 v2, MAC addresses not listed will be denied
	access to the WAP3205 v2.
	Select Reject to block access to the WAP3205 v2, MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to
	access the WAP3205 v2
Add a station	Enter the MAC addresses of the wireless station that are allowed or denied access to the
Mac Address	WAP3205 v2 in these address fields. Enter the MAC addresses in a valid MAC address format,
	that is, six hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.
MAC Filter Summary
Delete	Click the delete icon to remove the MAC address from the list.
MAC Address	This is the MAC address of the wireless station that are allowed or denied access to the
	WAP3205 v2.
Apply	Click Apply to save your changes back to the WAP3205 v2.
Cancel	Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

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