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Chapter 9 Wireless LAN
WAP5705 User’s Guide
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9.6 MAC Filter
The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the WAP5705 to give exclusive access to devices
(Allow) or exclude devices from accessing the WAP5705 (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 WAP5705’s MAC filter settings, click Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter . The
screen appears as shown.
Figure 51
Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter
The following table describes the labels in this menu.
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 keyboard characters.
Group Key
Update Timer The Group Key Update Timer is the rate at which the AP sends a new group key out to
all clients.
The default is 3600 seconds (60 minutes).
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the WAP5705.
Cancel Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
Table 31
Network > Wireless LAN > Security: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 32
Network > Wireless LAN > MAC Filter
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Access Policy
SSID Select the SSID for which you want to configure MAC filtering.
Policy Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Address table.
Select Disable to deactivate the MAC filtering rule you configure below.
Select Allow to permit access to the WAP5705, MAC addresses not listed will be denied access
to the WAP5705.
Select Reject to block access to the WAP5705, MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to
access the WAP5705