HP NRM42 User Manual

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Association). 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

characte rs, for example, 00:AA:BB:00:00:02. You need to know the MAC address of the

devices to configure this screen.

To change your router’s MAC filter settings, click Wireless LAN, MAC Filter to open the MAC

Filter screen. The screen appears as shown.

Active:

Select Actived to enable MAC address filtering.

Action:

Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC address filter

table.

Select Deny Association to block access to the router, MAC addresses not listed will be

allowed to access the router. Select Allow Association to permit access to the router, MAC

addresses not listed will be denied access to the router.

MAC Address: Enter the MAC addresses (in XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX format) of the

wireless station that are allowed or denied access to the router in these address fields.

WEP

Key 1 to Key 4:

Enter the key to encrypt wireless data. To allow encrypted data

transmission, the WEP Encryption Key values on all wireless stations must be the same as

the router. There are four keys for your selection. The input format is in HEX style, 5 and 13

HEX codes are required for 64-bitWEP and 128-bitWEP respectively.

If you chose WEP 64-bits, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters

("0-9", "A-F").

If you chose WEP 128-bits, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters

("0-9", "A-F").

You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time. The

default key is key 1.

WPA-PSK