ZyXEL Communications P-660HW-D1 V2, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Wireless LAN
P-660HW-Dx v2 User’s Guide
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7.5 MAC Filter
The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the ZyXEL Device to give exclusive access to
up to 32 devices (
Allow ) or exclude up to 32 devices from accessing the ZyXEL Device
( 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 ZyXEL Device’s MAC filter settings, click
Network > Wireless LAN >
MAC Filter . The screen appears as shown.
Figure 74 MAC Address Filter
The following table describes the labels in this menu.
Table 39 MAC Address Filter
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Active MAC
Filter
Select the check box to enable MAC address filtering.
Filter Action Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Address table.
Select Deny to block access to the ZyXEL Device, MAC addresses not listed will be
allowed to access the ZyXEL Device
Select
Allow to permit access to the ZyXEL Device, MAC addresses not listed will be
denied access to the ZyXEL Device.
Set This is the index number of the MAC address.