Security - TP-Link TD-8840 User Manual

TD-8840 ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

4.3.4 Security

Choose "Advanced Setup→Security" menu, you can do some security configurations for your
Router. There are two submenus under the Security menu as shown in Figure 4-25.
Figure 4-25
4.3.4.1. MAC Filtering
Choose "Security→MAC Filtering" menu, you can configure the MAC filtering rule in the next
screen similar to Figure 4-26. The MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control the access
of users on your local network basing on their MAC addresses.
Figure 4-26
MAC Filtering Global Policy - The default setting is FORWARDED. FORWARDED means that
all MAC layer frames will be forwarded except those matching with any of the specified rules in
the following table. BLOCKED means that all MAC layer frames will be blocked except those
matching with any of the specified rules in the following table. You can change the policy by
clicking the Change Policy button to go to the Change MAC Filtering Global Policy page as
shown in Figure 4-27.
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