Firewall; Access Control - Manhattan 525459 User Manual

3.3 Firewall

In addition to the NAT feature, this router provides firewall functionality to block
malicious intruders from accessing the computers on your local network. Click the
"Firewall" menu on the left of the Web management interface.
Firewall Module — Check to enable this function; uncheck to disable.

3.3.1 Access Control

This function allows or denies computers with a specific MAC address — or a
specific IP address, protocol or port — access to the network.
Enable MAC Filtering — Check this box to enable MAC address-based filtering,
and select "Deny" or "Allow" to determine the behavior of the MAC filtering table.
If you select "Deny," all MAC addresses listed in the filtering table will be denied
access to the network; if you select "Allow," only MAC addresses listed in the
filtering table will be able to connect to the network, and all other network devices
will be rejected.
Client PC MAC address — Enter the MAC address of the computer or network
device. Dashes (–) or colons ( : ) are not required. For example, if the MAC
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