The Mac Authentication Screen - ZyXEL Communications AMG1312-T Series User Manual

Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

7.4 The MAC Authentication Screen

This screen allows you to configure the AMG1312-T Series to give exclusive access to specific
devices (Allow) or exclude specific devices from accessing the AMG1312-T Series (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 AMG1312-T Series's MAC filter settings and add new MAC filter rules.
Click Network Setting > Wireless > MAC Authentication. The screen appears as shown.
Figure 34 Network Setting > Wireless > MAC Authentication
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 23 Network Setting > Wireless > MAC Authentication
LABEL
SSID
MAC List
Add new MAC
address
#
MAC Address
Modify
Apply
Cancel
96
DESCRIPTION
Select the SSID for which you want to configure MAC filter settings.
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 AMG1312-T Series. MAC addresses not listed will be
denied access to the AMG1312-T Series.
Select Deny to block access to the AMG1312-T Series. MAC addresses not listed will be
allowed to access the AMG1312-T Series.
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
AMG1312-T Series 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.
This is the MAC addresses of the wireless devices that are allowed or denied access to the
AMG1312-T Series.
Click the Delete icon to delete the entry.
Click Apply to save your changes.
Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.
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