User's Guide

3e-531AP Wireless Access Point
Chapter 3: Access Point Con guration
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MAC Address Filtering
The factory default for MAC Address  ltering is
Disabled
. If you
enable MAC Address  ltering, you should also set the toggle for
Filter
Type
.
This works as follows:
•
If
Filtering
is enabled and
Filter Type
is
Allow Access
, only those
devices equipped with the authorized MAC addresses will be able
to communicate with the access point. In this case, input the MAC
addresses of all the PC cards that will be authorized to access this
access point. The MAC address is engraved or written on the PC
(PCMCIA) Card.
•
If
Filtering
is enabled and
Filter Type
is
Disallow Access
, those
devices with a MAC address which has been entered in the MAC
Address listing will NOT be able to communicate with the access
point. In this case, navigate to the report:
Wireless Clients
and
copy the MAC address of any Wireless Client that you want to ex-
clude from communication with the access point and input those
MAC Addresses to the MAC Address list.
Bridging and Bridging Encryption
Bridging is covered in chapter  ve. If you will be deploying this 3e-
531AP as a bridge, follow the instructions in chapter  ve.