Allied Telesis AT-WA7400/EU - Manual (Page 53)

AT-WA7400 Management Software User’s Guide
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Configuring MAC Address Filtering
A media access control ( MAC ) address is a hardware address that
uniquely identifies each node of a network. All IEEE 802 network devices
share a common 48-bit MAC address format, usually displayed as a string
of 12 hexadecimal digits separated by colons, for example
FE:DC:BA:09:87:65 .
Each wireless network interface card ( NIC ) used by a wireless client has a
unique MAC address.
You can control client access to your wireless network by switching on
MAC filtering and specifying a list of approved MAC addresses. When
MAC filtering is on, only clients with a listed MAC address can access the
network.
Based on how you set the MAC filter, you can allow only client stations
with a listed MAC address or prevent access to the stations listed. For the
guest interface,
MAC Filtering settings apply to both BSS es. On a two-
radio access point, MAC Filtering settings apply to both radios.
To set the DNS name, perform the following procedure:
1. From the main menu, select Advanced > MAC Filtering.
The MAC Filtering page is shown in Figure 19.
Figure 19. MAC Filtering Page