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2. In the address or URL field of your browser, type
http://myrouter
.
3. When prompted to log in, enter
admin
for the user name and type the password. (The default
password is
password
.) The
Devices Connected
section of the home page shows a list of the
devices connected to your Main and Guest Wi-Fi networks.
4. To block a listed device, click its device name. The device’s IP address and MAC address
display.
5. Click
Block Device
.
6. Click
Block Device
again.
View and Unblock Devices (Block List)
You can view a list of devices that you have blocked from connecting to your gateway on your
gateway’s Wi-Fi MAC Filter page.
To allow any of these devices to connect to the network again, you can remove them from your
device’s block list.
To view and unblock devices on the block list:
1. On a computer or wireless device that is connected to your gateway, launch a Web browser.
2. In the address or URL field of your browser, type
http://myrouter
.
3. When prompted to log in, enter
admin
for the user name and type the password. (The default
password is
password
.)
4. Click
Wi-Fi
>
MAC Filter
. A list of the devices blocked from using your Wi-Fi networks appears.
5. Click the
beside the device you want to unblock. The device is removed from the list
immediately.
Allow or Deny Computers Access to the Network (MAC Filter)
MAC (Media Access Control) filtering can prevent unauthorized wireless devices from connecting to
your network.
The MAC filter is used to grant (“white list”) or block (“black list”) wireless devices access to the Main
and Guest Wi-Fi networks. Access is based on the MAC address of each wireless device.
In the MAC Filter page (Wi-Fi > Mac Filter), you can choose one of three modes:
n
None
– All computers are allowed to access the network.
n
Black list
– All computers are allowed to access the network, unless they’re in this list.
n
White list
– Only computers that are in this list are allowed to access the network.
