Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.02.xx and greater

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Wireless Network Management
MAC Filters (Local MAC Authentication)
■ pool information from multiple devices in a central location
■ track patterns of network activity
To export the information in one or more alarms, select those alarms and click
the Export button. On the screen that is displayed, select a filename and a
location for the logs, which are saved as a comma-separated file.
MAC Filters (Local MAC Authentication)
The Wireless Edge Services xl Module can control which wireless stations
connect to a WLAN according to their MAC, or hardware-based, addresses.
You configure standard MAC ACLs, or filters, and the module blocks stations
denied by those ACLs before they can authenticate and associate with the
WLAN.
MAC authentication can act by itself or in conjunction with another form of
authentication. For example, you could configure ACLs for MAC authentica-
tion and apply them to a WLAN; you could also enable Web authentication on
that WLAN. When a station attempts to connect to the WLAN, the module first
checks the station’s MAC address. If the ACLs allow the station, the module
lets the station proceed to associate to the WLAN and complete the Web
authentication.
MAC authentication is particularly important with Web authentication
because without it, stations can actually connect to the WLAN before they
authenticate.
The module supports up to 1,000 ACLs, each of which can specify a range of
MAC addresses.
To configure MAC authentication, complete these steps:
1. Configure one or more filters, or ACLs.
2. Configure WLAN memberships for each ACL.
Configuring MAC Standard ACLs (Filters)
When configuring ACLs on the module, keep these rules in mind:
■ ACLs are ordered by index number.