Restrict Wireless Access By Mac Address - NETGEAR FVS318N Reference Manual

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To delete one or more VAPs:
1. On the Access Point screen (see
of each VAP that you want to delete, or click the Select All table button to select all
VAPs. (You cannot select the default VAP.)
2. Click the Delete table button.

Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address

For increased security, you can restrict access to an SSID by allowing access to only specific
computers or wireless stations based on their MAC addresses. You can restrict access to
only trusted computers so that unknown computers cannot wirelessly connect to the wireless
VPN firewall. MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your
network, but the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed.
Note: For wireless adapters, you can usually find the MAC address printed
on the wireless adapter.
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To allow or restrict access based on MAC addresses:
1. On the Access Point screen (see
Action column for the VAP for which you want to set up access control. The MAC
Address Filtering screen displays. (The following figure shows some examples.)
Figure 50.
2. Click Add to open the MAC Address screen (not shown in this manual).
3. Enter a MAC address in the MAC Address field.
4. Click Apply to add the MAC address to the MAC Address table on the MAC Address
Filtering screen.
ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
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Figure 48
Wireless Configuration and Security
on page 98), select the check box to the left
on page 98), click the ACL button in the
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