User`s guide

Chapter 5 Wireless LAN

ericom D1000 modem User’s Guide

5.4 The MAC Authentication Screen

This screen allows you to configure the Device to give exclusive access to specific devices (Allow)

or exclude specific devices from accessing the Device (Deny). Every Ethernet device has a unique

MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six

pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You need to know the MAC

addresses of the devices to configure this screen.

Use this screen to view your Device’s MAC filter settings and add new MAC filter rules. Click

Network Setting > Wireless > MAC Authentication. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 26 Network Setting > Wireless > MAC Authentication

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

OK Click OK to save your changes.

Cancel Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.

Table 12 More AP: Edit

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Table 13 Network Setting > Wireless > MAC Authentication

LABEL DESCRIPTION

SSID Select the SSID for which you want to configure MAC filter settings.

MAC Restrict

Mode

Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Address table.

Select Disable to turn off MAC filtering.

Select Allow to permit access to the Device. MAC addresses not listed will be denied access

to the Device.

Select Deny to block access to the Device. MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to access

the Device.

MAC address List

Add new MAC

address

Click this if you want to add a new MAC address entry to the MAC filter list below.

Enter the MAC addresses of the wireless devices that are allowed or denied access to the

Device in these address fields. Enter the MAC addresses in a valid MAC address format, that

is, six hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.

# This is the index number of the entry.

MAC Address This is the MAC addresses of the wireless devices that are allowed or denied access to the

Device.