Mac filter, Wireless bridge – Asus DSL-N13 User Manual

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DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual

MAC filter

You can setup MAC filters to allow or deny wireless clients with known MAC addresses.

To setup MAC filter:
1. Click Wireless -> MAC Filter in the left side menu to open the configuration page.
2. Select the restriction mode for the filter: select Allow to allow the client and deny

the rest; select Deny to deny the client and allow the rest. By default, the filter is set

to Disable which allows all clients. Click Add to create a filter.

2. Type the MAC address of the wireless client you want to allow or block.
3. Press Save/Apply to save and activate the settings.

Wireless bridge

You can connect DSL-N13 to other wireless bridges so as to expand your wireless LAN.

This function is also refer to as Wireless Distribution System (WDS).
To setup WDS, the wireless routers must meet the following requirements:
1. Using the same encryption.
2. Working on the same channel.
3. The IP addresses of all wireless bridges are within the same subnet.
4. WDS enabled.
5. For bridging wireless routers, the MAC Addresses of the uplink wireless router must

be saved to the Remote Bridge List. For uplink wireless router, MAC addresses of

all bridging router must be saved.

Example: DSL-N13 (wireless bridge with Internet access), WL-500gP (wireless bridge),

and WL-500gD (wireless bridge). Refer to the illustration on the next page.

DSL-N13

WL-500gD

WL-500gP

SSID

ASUS

DHCP server

Enabled

Disabled

LAN IP address

192.168.1.1

192.168.1.2

192.168.1.3

Authentication

Open

Encryption

WEP-128bit

Remote bridge

00:01:00:01:01:02
00:01:00:01:01:03

00:01:00:01:01:01

MAC address

00:01:00:01:01:01

00:01:00:01:01:02

00:01:00:01:01:03

Channel