Mac Filtering - TP-Link TL-R460 User Manual

5.7.4 MAC Filtering

Like the IP Address Filtering page, the MAC Address Filtering page (shown in figure 5-24)
allows you to control access to the Internet by users on your local network based on their
MAC addresses.
Before setting up MAC Filtering entries, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and
Enable MAC Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a MAC Address
filtering entry, click the Add New... button. The page " Add or Modify a MAC Address
Filtering entry" will appear, shown in figure 5-25:
Figure 5-25 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry
To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions:
1. Enter the appropriate MAC address into the MAC Address field. The format of the
MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example:
00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B.
2. Type the description of the PC in the Description field. Fox example: John's PC.
3. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list.
4. Click the Save button to save this entry.
To add additional entries, repeat steps 1-4.
When finished, click the Return button to return to the MAC Address Filtering page.
To Modify or delete an existing entry:
1. Find the desired entry in the table.
2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Edit column.
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Figure 5-24 MAC Address Filtering
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