User's Manual

Ruckus Wireless ZoneFlex 2925/2942/7942 User Guide | Managing the Access Point

Denying only stations explicitly listed in the Access Controls Table

If you select "Deny only stations listed in the Access Controls Table", then stations entered

into the access-controls table are disallowed but all others are allowed. To add MACad-

dresses, see “Changing the access controls for a WLAN” on page44.

Access Control Table columns

The Access Control Table contains the following columns:

• Address: six text boxes appear in which you enter the desired MAC address, in hexadeci-

mal digit form, two characters in each box. You can specify a full 12-hex-digit MAC

address or enter "wildcard" characters for "don't care" digits. Allowable hex-digit charac-

ters are 0-9, a-f, and A-F. Most address-tags and software where you find MAC addresses

listed include colons or dashes to separate the address-pairs; that is provided for you on

the web page, so do not enter the colons or dashes. The wildcard characters are "x", "X"

and blank (space character). Wildcards are useful when you want to specify all MAC

addresses from a given manufacturer. Thus for example, by specifying only the Organiza-

tionally Unique Identifier (the first six hexadecimal digits of any MAC address from that

manufacturer is its OUI) saves you having to enter all 24 million of them (the table size is

limited in the AP/Router to 128 entries). Some manufacturers produce devices using more

than one OUI, in which case you may need to enter each applicable one.

• Name: You may optionally assign a name to a given MAC address. This helps you recognize

known equipment. Names are not used by the router/AP device, they are merely an aid

for recognizing equipment on your network. Names need not be specified and do not need

to be unique. Names are accessible by Service Provider Technical Support personnel, so if

privacy is a concern, you may wish to use generic-sounding names, such as “Room 1 TV”,

or not use names at all.

• Remove: Check the 'Remove' box for any row(s) you no longer want used.

VLANs

The VLAN page is used to configure the virtual LAN (VLAN) parameters of the AP. Traffic

never uses VLAN tags over wireless links, but traffic originating on or destined for wireless-

LAN stations can be differentiated by a VLAN identifier as it travels over other links, such as

Ethernet, DSL or cable-Internet, etc., thus given the appropriate priority as it traverses the

Internet.

VLAN topics covered in this section

• “Navigating the VLAN page” on page47

• “VLAN configuration examples” on page48

• “Changing a VLAN ID ” on page49

• “Changing the port state for a VLAN” on page50

• “Changing an RJ45 port’s VLAN tagged state” on page50