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Bridge GUI Guide: Security Configuration
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To edit the description of an existing MAC address entry:
1 Log on to the Bridge GUI through an Administrator-level
account and select
ADVANCED VIEW in the upper right corner
of the page, then
Configure -> Access Control from the
menu on the left.
2 In the Access Control screen’s MAC Access Whitelist frame,
click the
EDIT button for the entry for which you want to
change the description, and in the
Edit a MAC filter entry
dialog:
Edit the Description (you cannot change the MAC
Address
).
Click APPLY in the dialog (or CANCEL it to cancel the
action).
The MAC ACL reflects your changes.
To delete MAC addresses from the ACL:
You can delete a single device entry or all MAC addresses on
the Bridge’s ACL.
1 Log on to the Bridge GUI through an Administrator-level
account and select
ADVANCED VIEW in the upper right corner
of the page, then
Configure -> Access Control from the
menu on the left.
2 In the Access Control screen’s MAC Access Whitelist frame,
If you want to delete a single entry, click to place a
check in the box beside it; then the
DELETE button
above the list.
or
If you want to delete all entries, click All to place a
check in all entries’ boxes; then click the
DELETE button
above the list.
3 Click OK in the confirmation dialog (or Cancel the deletion).
The MAC ACL reflects your changes.
4.5.2 Controller Device Access Control
Fortress’s device authentication assigns every Fortress
controller device (Fortress Bridges and Controllers) a unique
Device ID that is subsequently used to authenticate the device
for access to the Fortress-secured network.
The Bridge detects other Fortress controller devices on the
network, automatically populates the Controller
Access List with
these discovered devices and, by default, allows them to
connect.
As controller devices auto-populate the
Authorized Controller
Devices
list, they are permitted or denied immediate access to
the network based on the
Default Auth State setting in the
Controller Access List frame: