Manage Network Access Control Lists - NETGEAR R6120 User Manual

You must select this check box before you can specify an access rule and use the Allow and Block
buttons. When the Turn on Access Control check box is cleared, all devices are allowed to connect,
even if a device is in the list of blocked devices.
6. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
7. Select an access rule for new devices:
• Allow all new devices to connect. With this setting, if you add a new device, it can access your
network. You do not need to enter its MAC address on this page. We recommend that you leave this
radio button selected.
• Block all new devices from connecting. With this setting, if you add a new device, before it can
access your network, you must enter its MAC address for an Ethernet connection and its MAC
address for a WiFi connection in the allowed list. For more information, see
Control Lists on page 40.
The access rule does not affect previously blocked or allowed devices. It applies only to devices joining
your network in the future after you apply these settings.
8. To manage access for currently connected computers and devices, do the following:
• If you blocked all new devices from connecting, to allow the computer or device that you are currently
using to continue to access the network, select the check box next to your computer or device in the
table, and click the Allow button.
• To either continue to allow or to block other computers and devices that are currently connected,
select the check box next to the computer or device in the table, and click either the Allow button or
the Block button.
9. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.

Manage Network Access Control Lists

You can use access control to block or allow access to your network. An access control list (ACL) functions
with the MAC addresses of wired and WiFi devices that can either access your entire network or are blocked
from accessing your entire network.
The router can detect the MAC addresses of devices that are connected to the network and list the MAC
addresses of devices that were connected to the network.
Each network device owns a MAC address, which is a unique 12-character physical address, containing
the hexadecimal characters 0–9, a–f, or A–F (uppercase or lowercase) only, and separated by colons (for
example, 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01). Typically, the MAC address is on the label of the WiFi card or network
interface device. If you cannot see the label, you can display the MAC address using the network configuration
utilities of the computer. You might also find the MAC addresses through the router web interface (see
Devices Currently on the Network
AC1200 WiFi Router Model R6120
on page 108).
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