Configuring Mac Filter - ZyXEL Communications Prestige 662H Series User Manual

Prestige 662H/HW Series User's Guide
Table 17 Wireless LAN (continued)
LABEL
Fragmentation
Threshold
WEP Encryption
Key 1 to Key 4
Back
Apply
Cancel

8.5 Configuring MAC Filter

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the Prestige to give exclusive access to up to
32 devices (Allow Association) or exclude up to 32 devices from accessing the Prestige (Deny
Association). 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 address of the devices to configure
this screen.
To change your Prestige's MAC filter settings, click Wireless LAN, MAC Filter to open the
MAC Filter screen. The screen appears as shown.
Note: Be careful not to list your computer's MAC address and set the Action
field to Deny Association when managing the Prestige via a wireless
connection. This would lock you out.
95
DESCRIPTION
The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed
messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent.
Enter a value between 256 and 2432.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the
wireless network.
Select Disable to allow all wireless computers to communicate with the access
points without any data encryption.
Select 64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP or 256-bit WEP to use data encryption.
The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the Prestige and the wireless stations
must use the same WEP key for data transmission.
If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 256-bit WEP, then enter 29 ASCII characters or 58 hexadecimal
characters ("0-9", "A-F").
The values for the WEP keys must be set up exactly the same on all wireless
devices in the same wireless LAN.
You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time.
The default key is key 1.
Click Back to go to the main wireless LAN setup screen.
Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.
Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Chapter 8 Wireless LAN Setup