User guide

Your Network Connections 36
4. Click Wi-Fi and then click the MAC Filter tab.
5. Select the Black list radio button.
6. Determine and block an unwanted user of your network:
 In the Devices Connected section, if you see a device you don’t recognize, you can
click its name and compare its MAC address to the MAC address of each of the
devices on your network.
Tip: To determine the MAC address of each device you have, see
Finding the MAC Address. If none of your devices have this MAC address, that
device might be an intruder.
 In the Name field, enter a name for the device. For example, Amy’s PC.
 In the MAC Address field, enter the MAC address of the device you’re adding.
 Click the beside the row.
7. For each device you want to block, repeat steps 4 through 6.
Tip: You can also block the device from the device list. See Display and Block Currently
Connected Devices (Block List).
To remove a device from the Allowed or Disallowed list:
1. On a computer or wireless device that is connected to your gateway, launch a Web
browser.
2. In the address or URL field of your browser, type http://myrouter.
3. When prompted to log in, enter admin for the user name and type the password. (The
default password is password.)
4. Click Wi-Fi and then click the MAC Filter tab.
5. In the list of allowed/disallowed devices, click the beside the row.
6. Click Submit.
Wi-Fi Channel
The Wi-Fi channel is the active channel of the Wi-Fi access point. If your network is having
performance issues (possibly caused by other Wi-Fi networks in the vicinity using the same
channel), try a different Wi-Fi channel.
You can change the channel from your gateway’s Wi-Fi Options tab.