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Chapter 10 Wireless LAN
WAP3205 User’s Guide
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10.6 MAC Filter
The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the WAP3205 to give exclusive access to devices
(Allow) or exclude devices from accessing the WAP3205 (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.
To change your WAP3205’s MAC filter settings, click Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter. The
screen appears as shown.
Figure 64 Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter
The following table describes the labels in this menu.
Table 34 Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Access Policy
SSID Select the SSID for which you want to configure MAC filtering.
Policy Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Address table.
Select Disable to deactivate the MAC filtering rule you configure below.
Select Allow to permit access to the WAP3205, MAC addresses not listed will be
denied access to the WAP3205.
Select Reject to block access to the WAP3205, MAC addresses not listed will be
allowed to access the WAP3205
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Mac Address
Enter the MAC addresses of the wireless station that are allowed or denied access to
the WAP3205 in these address fields. Enter the MAC addresses in a valid MAC address
format, that is, six hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.
MAC Filter Summary
Delete Click the delete icon to remove the MAC address from the list.
MAC Address This is the MAC address of the wireless station that are allowed or denied access to
the WAP3205.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the WAP3205.
Cancel Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.