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4.5 Hardware (MAC) Address Control
Every network device has a unique hardware address known as a
media access
control
(MAC) address. This address is assigned by the manufacturer and hard-
coded into each Ethernet port.
If you have a built-in 10/100 Fast Ethernet port on your computer and added a
wireless 802.11b (or Apple Airport-compatible) network adapter, then you would
have:
•
One MAC address for your built-in 10/100 port
•
Another MAC address for your wireless port
Tip
:
If you are using the FriendlyNET FR1004AL wireless router, you may want
to turn on this important security feature.
Configure
Click on the
Configure
button to open the
Hardware (MAC) Address Control
page; this page has different settings for the FR1004 (wired) and FR1004AL
(wireless) routers.
FR1004 W
IRED
R
OUTER
Address Control
Check this box to turn on hardware (MAC) address control.
Default Settings
By default, all computers connected to the router will only have
LAN
(no Inter-
net) access. Use the following
Address Table
to define exceptions to this default
rule.