Northern Telecom Sans Fil Installation Manual page 13

Wireless Filter and Options Configuration
Control access to the Gateway of wireless devices based on the MAC address of the device
using the "Wireless Filter Configuration" window. A MAC (Media Access Control) address
refers to a hardware address that uniquely identifies each device of a network. Refer to the
user documentation for each device you wish to deny or allow access for a particular MAC
address.
To configure the wireless filter:
1. Select one of the following Wireless Filter options:
Enable Enable wireless filtering.
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• Disable Disable wireless filtering. If wireless filtering is disabled, all devices have
access to the Gateway.
2. If wireless filtering is enabled, select one of the following Filter Mode options:
• Allow Permits access to all the MAC addresses entered in the table.
• Deny Restricts Gateway access to all the MAC addresses entered in the table.
3. Type the MAC address in the MAC Address column next to each device you either want
to permit or restrict access.
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