Mac Filter Screen - ZyXEL Communications WAH7706 User Manual

5.4 MAC Filter Screen

This screen allows you to configure the WAH7706 to exclude specific devices from accessing the
WAH7706 (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 WAH7706's MAC filter settings and add new MAC filter rules. Click Wi-
Fi > MAC Filter. The screen appears as shown.
Figure 18 Wi-Fi > MAC Filter
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 18 Wi-Fi > MAC Filter
LABEL
SSID 1/ SSID 2
Enable MAC
Filter of SSID 1
(or SSID 2)
Blacklist
Add New
Delete All
MAC Address
Description
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DESCRIPTION
Select SSID 1 (or SSID 2) to configure the MAC filtering rules.
Select Enable MAC Filter of SSID 1 (or SSID 2) to prohibit devices with the MAC
addresses you configured.
This field displays how many entries you display on this page.
Click Add New to create a new entry.
Click Delete All to remove all entries.
This field displays the index number of the MAC address entry.
This field displays the MAC addresses of the wireless devices that are allowed or denied
access to the WAH7706.
Click Add New or Edit to enter or change the MAC address of the wireless devices that are
allowed or denied access to the WAH7706 in this field. 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 field displays the name of the MAC address entry.
Click Add New or Edit to enter a descriptive name to identify the MAC address entry. You
can enter up to 20 printable ASCII characters. Spaces are allowed.
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