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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
NBG-418N v2 User’s Guide
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6.5 MAC Filter
The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the NBG-418N v2 to give exclusive access to up to 16
devices (Allow) or exclude up to 16 devices from accessing the NBG-418N v2 (Deny). Every
Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at
the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02.
You need to know the MAC address of the devices to configure this screen.
To change your NBG-418N v2’s MAC filter settings, click Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter .
The screen appears as shown.
Figure 46
Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter
Cipher Type Select the encryption type ( TKIP , AES or TKIP+AES ) for data encryption.
Select AES if your wireless clients can all use AES. Otherwise, select TKIP or select
TKIP+AES to allow the wireless clients to use either TKIP or AES
Pre-Shared Key WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK uses a simple common password for authentication.
Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including spaces
and symbols).
Type a pre-shared key less than 64 case-sensitive HEX characters ("0-9", "A-F").
Group Key
Update Timer The Group Key Update Timer is the rate at which the AP (if using WPA-PSK/WPA2-
PSK key management) or RADIUS server (if using WPA/WPA2 key management) sends
a new group key out to all clients. The re-keying process is the WPA/WPA2 equivalent of
automatically changing the WEP key for an AP and all stations in a WLAN on a periodic
basis. Setting of the
Group Key Update Timer is also supported in WPA-PSK/WPA2-
PSK mode.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG-418N v2.
Reset Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
Table 20
Network > Wireless LAN > General: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION