Restricting Wireless Access By Mac Address - NETGEAR ProSafe WG102-500 Reference Manual

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Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address

For increased security, you can restrict access to an SSID to allow only specific computers or
wireless cards based on their MAC addresses. You can restrict access to only trusted
computers so that unknown computers cannot wirelessly connect to the wireless access
point. MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network, but
the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed.
Note: For wireless adapters, you can usually find the MAC address printed
on the wireless adapter.
To restrict access based on MAC addresses for an individual SSID:
1. Log in to the wireless access point at its default LAN address of http://192.168.0.229
with its default user name of admin and default password of password, or using
whatever LAN address, user name, and password you have chosen for the wireless
access point.
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