Wireless Mac Filtering - TP-Link Archer C55 User Manual

Group Key Update Period - Specify the group key update interval in seconds. The value
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should be 30 or above. Enter 0 to disable the update.
WEP - It is based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. If you check this radio button, you will find a
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notice in red as show in the following figure.
Authentication Type - you can choose the type for the WEP security on the drop-down list.
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The default setting is Auto, which can select Shared Key or Open System authentication
type automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request.
WEP Key Format - Hexadecimal and ASCII formats are provided here
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format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified
length. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified
length.
WEP Key - Select which of the four keys will be used and enter the matching WEP key that
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you create. Make sure these values are identical on all wireless stations in your network.
Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for
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encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid.
64-bit - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is
not promoted) or 5 ASCII characters.
128-bit - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is
not promoted) or 13 ASCII characters.
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Note:
If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have
selected Shared Key as Authentication Type.
Be sure to click the Save button to save your settings on this page.
4.6.4

Wireless MAC Filtering

Choose menu "Wireless 2.4GHz → Wireless MAC Filtering", you can control the wireless
access by configuring the Wireless MAC Filtering function, shown in
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Hexadecimal