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4.9.4 MAC Filtering
Choose menu “Security→MAC Address Filtering”, you can configure the MAC Address filtering
rule in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-36). The MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to
control access to the Internet by users on your local network based on their MAC addresses.
Figure 4-36 MAC Address Filtering
¾ MAC Address - .This is the PC’S MAC address which is controlled by the rule. Its format is
XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B.
¾ Description - This is the description about the PC, Fox example: John’s PC.
¾ Status - This field displays the status, Enabled means the rule is effective, Disabled means
the rule is ineffective.
) Note:
Before adding a MAC Address Filtering entry, you should enable the Firewall and the MAC
Address Filtering function first (shown in Figure 4-31).
To add or modify a Domain Filtering entry:
Fox example: If you want to block the PCs with MAC addresses 00-0A-EB-00-07-BE and
00-0A-EB-00-07-5F to access the Internet, you can configure as follows.
1. Enable the “Firewall” and “MAC Address Filtering” on the Firewall screen (show in Figure
4-31). And then specify the Default MAC Address Filtering Rule as "Deny these PCs with
enabled rules to access the Internet".
2. Click Add New…/Modify shown in Figure 4-36, you will see the following
screen.