Chapter 10 Wireless LAN

10.6 MAC Filter

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the WAP3205 to give exclusive access to devices (Allow) or exclude devices from accessing the WAP3205 (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’s MAC filter settings, click Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 64 Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter

The following table describes the labels in this menu.

Table 34 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, MAC addresses not listed will be

 

denied access to the WAP3205.

 

Select Reject to block access to the WAP3205, MAC addresses not listed will be

 

allowed to access the WAP3205

 

 

Add a station

Enter the MAC addresses of the wireless station that are allowed or denied access to

Mac Address

the WAP3205 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.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the WAP3205.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

 

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