User's Manual

Chapter 3: Connections and setup
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Illustrationscontainedinthisdocumentareforrepresentationonly.
802.11AccessControl
ThispageallowsconfigurationoftheAccessControltotheAPaswellasstatusontheconnectedclients.
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Fig.27:802.11AccessControlconfigurations
MACRestrictMode:RestrictspecificclientcannotallowaccesstheAPbyMACaddress.Select
"Disabled"towelcomealloftheclientsonthenetwork;select"Allow"topermitonlytheclients
onthelisttoaccessthecablemodem;orselect"Deny"topreventtheclientsonthelistto
accessthisdevice.
MACAddress:YourGatewayidentifieswirelessPCsbytheirWirelessMACAddress.Thisaddress
consistsofastringof6pairsofnumbers0‐9andlettersA‐F,suchas00904BF0FF50.Itis
usuallyprintedontheWirelesscardofthedevice(e.g.thePCMCIAcardinalaptop)oratthe
buttonofthelaptop.EntertheMACaddressoftheconnectedclientsintothefields,andthen
clickApplytoaddthemtothelistforaccesscontrol.
Apply:Afterproperconfiguration,clickApplytoinvokethesettings.
ConnectedClients:Theinformationofcurrentlyconnectedclientswillbedisplayedhere.