IOGear GWA504, User Manual

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Configuration Utility
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MAC Filter
MAC Address Control allows you to assign different
access right for different users and to assign a
specific IP address to a certain MAC address.
MAC Address Control Check “Enable” to enable
the “MAC Address Control”. All of the settings in this
page will take effect only when “Enable” is checked.
Connection control Check “Connection control” to
enable the controlling of which wired andwireless
clients can connect to this device. If a client is
denied to connect to this device, it means the client
can’t access to the Internet either. Choose “allow” or
“deny” to allow or deny the clients, whose MAC
addresses are not in the “Control table” (please see
below), to connect to this device.
Association control Check “Association control” to
enable the controlling of which wireless client
canassociate to the wireless LAN. If a client is
denied to associate to the wireless LAN, it means
the client can’t send or receive any data via this
device. Choose “allow” or “deny” to allow or deny the
clients, whose MAC addresses are not in the
“Control table”, to associate to the wireless LAN.
“Control table” is the table at the bottom of the “MAC
Address Control” page. Each row of this table
indicates the MAC address and the expected IP
address mapping of a client. There are four columns
in this table:
MAC Address MAC address indicates a specific
client.
IP Address Expected IP address of the
corresponding client. Keep it empty if you don’t care
its IP address.