Chapter 15 Wireless LAN

15.4 MAC Filter

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the NBG4615 to give exclusive access to devices (Allow) or exclude devices from accessing the NBG4615 (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 NBG4615’s MAC filter settings, click Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 84 Network > Wireless LAN > MAC FilterThe following table describes the labels in this menu.Table 49 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 NBG4615, MAC addresses not listed will be

 

denied access to the NBG4615.

 

Select Reject to block access to the NBG4615, MAC addresses not listed will be

 

allowed to access the NBG4615

 

 

Add a station

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

Mac Addressthe NBG4615 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. Click Add.

 

 

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 NBG4615.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG4615.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

 

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