Controlling Access By Mac Address Filtering - D-Link AirPremier DWL-2210AP Manual

Controlling Access by MAC Address Filtering

A Media Access Control (MAC) address is a hardware address that uniquely identifies
each node of a network. All IEEE 802 network devices share a common 48-bit MAC
address format, usually displayed as a string of 12 hexadecimal digits separated by
colons, for example FE:DC:BA:09:87:65.
Each wireless network interface card (NIC) used by a wireless client has a unique MAC
address.
You can control client access to your wireless network by switching on "MAC Filtering"
and specifying a list of approved MAC addresses. When MAC Filtering is on, only clients
with a listed MAC address can access the network.
The following sections describe how to use MAC address filtering on the
D-Link DWL-2210AP:
• Navigating to MAC Filtering Settings
• Using MAC Filtering
• Updating Settings
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