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DOCSIS 2.0 Advanced Cable Gateway CGD24N v2 User Manual
Customizing Your Network 5-3
v1.0, August 2009
Turning on Access Control to Restrict Access by MAC Address
When you enable access control, the access point only accepts connections from clients on the
selected access control list. This provides an additional layer of security.
By default, any wireless PC that is configured with the correct SSID and WEP/WPA settings will
be allowed to access to your wireless network. For increased security, you can restrict access to the
wireless network to only allow specific PCs based on their MAC addresses.
You can restrict access to only trusted PCs so that unknown PCs cannot wirelessly connect to the
Advanced Cable Gateway. MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to
your network, but the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed.
To restrict access based on MAC addresses:
1.
Log in to the gateway as described in “Logging in to the Gateway” on page 1-5 .
Advanced
Configuration • Fragmentation Threshold
• CTS/RTS Threshold
• Preamble Mode The default settings for these fields usually work fine.
Change them only if you have a specific reason for doing
so.
WPS Settings Disable Router’s PIN Selecting this checkbox disables the PIN that WPS
clients use to connect to the gateway with the PIN
method. Normally this checkbox is cleared, which is the
default setting.
Keep Existing Settings If a WPS client is added the gateway automatically
selects this checkbox. When the Keep Existing Settings
checkbox is selected, the SSID and wireless security
settings remain the same when additional WPS clients
are added.
Wireless Card
Access List Set up Access List Access control is disabled by default so that any
computer that is configured with the correct SSID can
connect. For information about access control, see the
following section
“Turning on Access Control to Restrict
Access by MAC Address .
Table 5-1. Advanced Wireless Settings
Advanced Wireless Settings Description