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Configuring the Smart Wi-Fi Gateway
Controlling Access to the Wireless Network
Changing the Access Controls for a WLAN
By default, the Disable WLAN access restrictions option is selected, which allows
any wireless station gain access to the wireless network. If you want to change this
setting, follow the instructions below.
Figure 31. Access control settings
To edit the ACL
1. Go to Configuration > Access Control.
2. Click the Wireless # tab for which you want to configure the access control
settings.
3. Select the radio button for the desired access control. (For a description of the
options, see “
Access Control Options” in the previous section.) The Access
Controls Table appears.
4. To add a MAC address to the Access Control table, click the Add new entry
button.
5. Fill out the following text boxes:
• Address: Six text boxes appear in which you enter the desired MAC address,
in hexadecimal digit form, two characters in each box. You can specify a full
12-hex-digit MAC address or enter “wildcard” characters for “don't care”
digits. Allowable hex-digit characters are 0-9, a-f, and A-F. Most address-tags
and software where you find MAC addresses listed include colons or dashes
to separate the address-pairs; that is provided for you on the web page, so do
not enter the colons or dashes.