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Chapter 14 Wireless
Basic Home Station VDSL2 P8701T User’s Guide
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14.4 MAC Filter
Click Wireless network > Classic configuration > Wireless > MAC Filter to open the MAC
Filter screen. This screen allows you to configure the VDSL Router to give exclusive access to
specific devices (Allow) or exclude specific devices from accessing the VDSL Router (Deny). Every
Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address assigned at the factory. It
consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You need to know
the MAC addresses of the devices to configure this screen.
Figure 76
Wireless > MAC Authentication
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Current Network
Key This field displays when you enable WEP encryption. Configure up to four 64-bit or 128-bit
WEP keys. Use this field to select which one the network uses.
Network Key 1~4 These fields display when you enable WEP encryption. WEP uses a network key to encrypt
data. The VDSL Router and wireless clients must use the same network key (password).
If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters
("0-9", "A-F").
If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters
("0-9", "A-F").
You must configure at least one password.
Apply/Save Click this button to save your changes.
Table 66
Wireless: Security
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 67
Wireless > MAC Authentication
LABEL DESCRIPTION
MAC Restrict
Mode
Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Address table.
Select Disabled to turn off MAC filtering.
Select Allow to permit access to the VDSL Router. MAC addresses not listed will be denied
access to the VDSL Router.
Select Deny to block access to the VDSL Router. MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to
access the VDSL Router.
MAC Address This displays the MAC addresses of the wireless devices that are allowed or denied access to
the VDSL Router.
Remove Select entries and click the Remove button to delete them.
Add Click this to add a new MAC address entry to the table.