Mac filter, Wireless bridge – Asus WL-AM604g User Manual

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WL-AM604g 11g WiFi ADSL Router User Manual

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MAC filter

You can set up MAC filters to allow or deny wireless clients with known MAC addresses.

To set up MAC filter:
1. Click

Wireless -> MAC Filter in the left side menu to open the configuration page.

2. Select the restriction mode for the filter: select

Allow to allow the client and deny

the rest; select

Deny to deny the client and allow the rest. By default, the filter is set

to

Disable which allows all clients. Click Add to create a filter.

2. Type the MAC address of the wireless client you want to allow or block.
3. Press

Save/Apply to save and activate the settings.

Wireless bridge

You can connect WL-AM604g to other wireless bridges so as to expand your wireless

LAN. This function is also refer to as the Wireless Distribution System (WDS).
To set up WDS, the wireless routers must meet the following requirements:
1. Using the same encryption.
2. Working on the same channel.
3. The IP addresses of all wireless bridges are within the same subnet.
4. WDS enabled.
5. For bridging wireless routers, the MAC Addresses of the uplink wireless router must

be saved to the

Remote Bridge List. For uplink wireless router, MAC addresses of

all bridging router must be saved.

Example: WL-AM604g(wireless bridge with Internet access), WL-500gP (wireless

bridge), and WL-500gD (wireless bridge). Refer to the illustration on the next page.

WL-AM604g

WL-500gD

WL-500gP

SSID

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

DHCP server

Enabled

Disabled

Disabled

LAN IP address

192.168.1.1

192.168.1.2

192.168.1.3

Authentication

Open

Open

Open

Encryption

WEP-128bit

WEP-128bit

WEP-128bit

Remote bridge

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MAC address

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