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3‐4‐3 MAC Address Filtering
This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless
router; only those wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain
access to your wireless router. You can use this function with other security measures
described in previous section, to create a safer wireless environment. Up to 20 MAC
addresses can be assigned.
To enable MAC address filtering, please check ‘Enable Wireless Access Control’ box in this
page, the descriptions of other setting items are listed as follow:
Item Name
Description
MAC address Input the MAC address you wish to add to the
MAC address to the table.
Comment You can input any text here as the comment of
this MAC address, like ‘ROOM 2A Computer’ or
anything. You can input up to 16
alphanumerical characters here. This is
optional and you can leave it blank, however,
it’s recommended to use this field to write a
comment for every MAC addresses as a
memory aid.
Add Click ‘Add’ button to add the MAC address and
associated comment to the MAC address
filtering table.
Clear Click ‘Clear’ to remove the value you inputted
in MAC address and comment field.