3Com OfficeConnect 3CRWE454A72, User Manual

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Figure 21 Connection Control Screen
A higher level of security can be achieved for your wireless network if you
use both encryption and you specify only certain wireless computers can
connect to the Access Point. By default, any wireless computer that has
the same Service Area Name/SSID, channel and encryption settings as the
Access Point can connect to it.
If you enable this feature from a Wireless PC, it will automatically be
added to the Authorised Wireless PC list.
Authorised Wireless PCs
To create a list of Wireless computers that can access the Access Point:
1 Select Yes to enable MAC filtering .
2 Select Allow for the Access Rule .
3 Enter upto 32 MAC addresses that you want to allow access to the
network.
This list can also be used as a deny list. If this is the required function
select
Deny as the Access Rule .