Restricting Wireless Access By Mac Address - NETGEAR RANGEMAX WNR3500 User Manual

NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual
Adding Additional Non-WPS-Enabled Clients
If you are connecting a combination of WPS-enabled clients and clients that are not WPS enabled,
you cannot use the WPS setup procedures to add clients that are not WPS enabled. You need to
record and then manually enter your security settings (see
Setup Information" on page
To connect non-WPS-enabled and WPS-enabled clients to the WNR3500 router:
1. Restore the router to factory default settings (see
Password" on page
After you restore factory settings, all existing connected wireless clients are disassociated and
disconnected from the router.
2. Configure the network name (SSID) and security passphrase of the WNR3500 router (shown
in the Wireless Settings screen) as appropriate, and record that information. See
Basic Wireless Settings" on page
3. For the non-WPS-enabled devices that you wish to connect, open the networking utility, and
follow the utility's instructions to enter security settings.
4. For the WPS-enabled devices that you wish to connect, follow the procedures in
Configuration" on page 2-14
5. For information about how to view a list of all devices connected to your router (including
wireless and Ethernet connected), see

Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address

When a Wireless Card Access List is configured and enabled, the router checks the MAC address
of any wireless device attempting a connection and allows only connections to computers
identified on the trusted computers list.
The Wireless Card Access List displays a list of wireless computers that you allow to connect to
the router based on their MAC addresses. These wireless computers must also have the correct
SSID and wireless security settings to access the wireless router.
The MAC address is a network device's unique 12-character physical address, containing the
hexadecimal characters 0–9, a–f, or A–F only, and separated by colons (for example,
00:09:AB:CD:EF:01). It can usually be found on the bottom of the wireless card or network
interface device. If you do not have access to the physical label, you can display the MAC address
Safeguarding Your Network
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