3.4.3
Configure “Advance” (Expert setting)
Click the “Advance Settings” button and the following dialogue box will pop up. Click “Yes” to
configure AP or “No” to terminate configuration.
When “YES” selected, the Advanced Setting dialog box with two functional buttons will be
displayed on the screen:
MAC Address Filter
Mac address
: Unique 48-bit, hard-coded Media Access Control address known as the station
identifier.
Filtering and Access Control
The wireless access point can limit the wireless devices that associate with it and the data packets
that are forwarded through it. Filters can provide a degree of security and improve network
performance by eliminating broadcast/multicast packets from the radio network. The
MAC
Address Filter
contains the MAC address of every wireless device allowed to associate with the
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