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Chapter 10 Wireless LAN
NBG7815 User’s Guide
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10.4 MAC Filter Screen
The MAC filter screen allows you to give exclusive access to devices (Allow) or exclude devices from
accessing the NBG7815 (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.
Use this screen to change your NBG7815’s MAC filter settings. Click Settings > WiFi > MAC Filter to show
following screen.
Figure 59 Settings > WiFi > MAC Filter
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 34 Settings > WiFi > MAC Filter
LABEL DESCRIPTION
MAC Filter Select to turn on (Enable) or off (Disable) MAC address filtering.
Filter Action Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Filter Summary table.
Select Allow to permit access to the NBG7815. MAC addresses not listed will be denied access to
the NBG7815.
Select Deny to block access to the NBG7815. MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to access
the NBG7815.
MAC Address List (Max Limit : 64)
This field displays the MAC address of the wireless station you want to filter.
Click to configure the MAC address.
Click to delete the MAC address.
Add Click to add a rule in the MAC Address List.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG7815.
Cancel Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.