Controlling Access To The Wireless Network - 3Com 3CRGPC10075 User Manual

Controlling Access
to the Wireless
Network
Devices that are on different VLANs are isolated from each other. For
VLAN to work correctly, all network devices (for example, hubs,
switches, routers, and gateways) must support the 802.1Q standard.
For an overview of the VLAN support provided by the Access Point, refer
to "VLAN Support"
If you click this option, you also need to assign a VLAN ID to each
security profile. To assign a VLAN ID to each profile, click Configure
VLAN, and then provide the required information on the VLAN screen.
Figure 21 VLAN Screen
By default, the Access Point's security settings are disabled to allow you
to easily connect and configure it after the initial setup. Anyone that can
detect the SSID that is broadcast on the wireless network can therefore
connect to it.
You can configure the Access Point to prevent unauthorized or untrusted
wireless stations from accessing your wireless network. To do this, you
need to:
1 Define the list of trusted wireless stations. These are the wireless stations
that will be allowed to access the wireless network.
2 Enable access control based on MAC addresses (also known as physical
address)
Before performing these steps, you first need to get the MAC addresses
of the wireless stations that you want to add to the access control list. To

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