Wireless Access Control - NetComm NP740n User Manual

2-7-4 Wireless Access Control

This function will help you to prevent unauthorized users from connecting to your wireless router; only those
wireless devices who have the MAC address you assigned here can gain access to your wireless router. You
can use this function with other security measures described in previous section, to create a safer wireless
environment.
Up to 20 MAC addresses can be assigned by using this function. Please click 'Wireless' menu on the left of
web management interface, then click 'Access Control', and the following message will be displayed on your
web browser:
All allowed MAC addresses will be displayed in 'MAC Address Filtering Table' , and Here are descriptions of
every setup items:
Delete Selected:
If you want to delete a specific MAC address entry, check the 'select' box of the MAC address you
want to delete, then click 'Delete Selected' button. (You can select more than one MAC addresses).
Delete All: If you want to delete all MAC addresses listed here, please click 'Delete All' button.
Reset:
You can also click 'Reset' button to unselect all MAC addresses.
Enable Wireless
To enforce MAC address filtering, you have to check 'Enable Wireless Access Control'. When this item
Access Control: is unchecked, wireless router will not enforce MAC address filtering of wireless clients.
MAC Address: Input the MAC address of your wireless devices here, dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) are not required. (i.e. If
the MAC address label of your wireless device indicates 'aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff' or 'aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff', just
input 'aabbccddeeff'.
Comment:
You can input any text here as the comment of this MAC address, like 'ROOM 2A Computer' or anything.
You can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters here. This is optional and you can leave it blank, however,
it's recommended to use this field to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a memory aid.
Add:
Click 'Add' button to add the MAC address and associated comment to the MAC address filtering table.
Clear:
Click 'Clear' to remove the value you inputted in MAC address and comment field.
After you finish with all settings, please click 'Apply' button, and the following message will be displayed on
your web browser:
Please click 'Continue' to back to previous setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click 'Apply'
to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 50 seconds while router is rebooting).
If you want to reset all settings in this page back to previously-saved value, please click 'Cancel' button.
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