TP-Link TL-WR542G Network Router User Manual


 
TL-WR542G 54M Wireless Router User Guide
Figure 5-12: Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry
To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions:
1. Enter the appropriate MAC Address into the MAC Address field. The format of the
MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example:
00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B.
2. Enter a simple description of the wireless station in the Description field. For
example: Wireless station A.
3. Privilege - Selects the privileges for this entry, one of Allow / Deny / 64-bit / 128-bit
/ 152-bit.
4. WEP Key - If you select 64-bit, 128-bit or 152-bit in the Privilege field, enter any
combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length. For
example: 2F34D20BE2.
5. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list.
6. Click the Save button to save this entry.
To add additional entries, repeat steps 1-6.
Note: When 64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit is selected, WEP Key will be enabled.
To modify or delete an existing entry:
1. Click the Edit or Delete button in the Modify column in the MAC Address Filtering
Table.
2. Enter the value as desired in the Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering
entry page, and click the Save button.
You can click the Enable All button to make all the entries effective, click the Disable All
button to make all the entries ineffective, click the Delete All button to delete all the
entries.
Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the
previous page.
For example: If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-
07-BE be able to access the router, the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB-
00-07-5F not be able to access the router, and the wireless station C with MAC address
00-0A-EB-00-07-8A be able to access the router when its WEP key is 2F34D20BE2E
54B326C5476586A, while all other wireless stations cannot access the router, you should
configure the Wireless MAC Address Filtering list following these steps:
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