Technicolor TC8717C, Setup And User Manual

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4 THE GATEWAY WIRELESS ACCESS POINT
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4.3 Prevent devices from accessing your wireless network
MAC address
A MAC (Media Access Control) address is a unique hexadecimal code that identifies a device on a network. Each
network-enabled device has at least one unique MAC address.
For example, if your computer is equipped with an Ethernet and a wireless network adaptor, each of these interfaces will have its
own MAC address.
MAC filtering
When using MAC filtering, you allow or deny devices to access your network based on their MAC address.
How to set up MAC filtering
1 Browse to the Admin Tool (http://10.0.0.1), using a computer or device that is currently connected to you Gateway (either
wired or wirelessly).
For more information, see
“Accessing the Admin Tool” on page 29 .
2 On the Gateway menu, click Connection and then click WiFi .
3 The WiFi page appears. In the SSID list under Mac Filter Setting , select the access point for which you want to set up the
Mac filter.
4 In the MAC Filtering Mode list, click:
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Allow-All to allow all wireless clients. The Wireless Control List will not be used.
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Allow to block wireless clients by default, except if they are listed in the Wireless Control List .
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Deny to allow wireless clients by default, except if they are listed in the Wireless Control List .
5 Add the exception on the default action, by doing one of the following:
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Under Auto-Learned wireless clients , select the device and click ADD .
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Under Manually-Added wireless clients , type the device name and MAC address and click ADD .
Repeat this step for each exception that you want to add.
6 Click SAVE FILTER SETTING .
If you are currently connected via this access point, you must add your device to the exceptions in the Wireless
Control List before clicking SAVE FILTER SETTING (this will be done in the next step). If you do not do
this you will be disconnected from the access point.