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54M Wireless Access Point User Guide

the Reboot checkbox.

5.4.3 MAC Filtering

The Wireless MAC Filtering for wireless networks are set on this page, figure 5-11:

Figure 5-11: Wireless MAC address Filtering

The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control wireless stations
accessing the AP, which depend on the station's MAC addresses.
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MAC Address

- The wireless station's MAC address that you want to access.

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Description -

A simple description of the wireless station.

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Privilege

- Allow means allowing the station to access the AP. Deny means

denying the station to access the AP. 64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit means assigning
a unique WEP key to access the AP.

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WEP Key

- Specify a unique WEP key (in Hexadecimal format) to access the AP.

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Status

- The status of this entry, either Enabled or Disabled.

To disable the Wireless MAC Address Filters feature, keep the default setting, Disable.
To set up an entry, click Enable, and follow these instructions:

First, you must decide whether the unspecified wireless stations can or cannot access
the AP. If you desire that the unspecified wireless stations can access the AP, please
select the radio button Allow the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the
list to access

, otherwise, select the radio button Deny the stations not specified by

any enabled entries in the list to access

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To Add a Wireless MAC Address filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The " Add
or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry"

page will appear, shown in figure

5-12:

Figure 5-12: Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry

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