Mac Filter - ZyXEL Communications WAP5605 User Manual

Chapter 9 Wireless LAN
Table 30 Network > Wireless LAN > Security: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
LABEL
Pre-Shared Key
Group Key
Update Timer
Apply
Cancel

9.6 MAC Filter

The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the WAP5605 to give exclusive access to devices
(Allow) or exclude devices from accessing the WAP5605 (Deny). Every Ethernet device has a
unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and
consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You need to know
the MAC address of the devices to configure this screen.
To change your WAP5605's MAC filter settings, click Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter. The
screen appears as shown.
Figure 47 Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter
The following table describes the labels in this menu.
Table 31 Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter
LABEL
Access Policy
SSID
Policy
82
DESCRIPTION
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK uses a simple common password for authentication.
Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive keyboard characters.
The Group Key Update Timer is the rate at which the AP sends a new group key out to
all clients.
The default is 3600 seconds (60 minutes).
Click Apply to save your changes back to the WAP5605.
Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
DESCRIPTION
Select the SSID for which you want to configure MAC filtering.
Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Address table.
Select Disable to deactivate the MAC filtering rule you configure below.
Select Allow to permit access to the WAP5605, MAC addresses not listed will be denied access
to the WAP5605.
Select Reject to block access to the WAP5605, MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to
access the WAP5605
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