DIR-842V2  AC1200 Wi-Fi Gigabit Router 
User Manual 
Configuring via Web-based Interface 
 
 
 
You can specify the following parameters: 
 
Parameter  Description 
Frequency band 
From the drop-down list, select a band of the wireless network. 
SSID 
A  wireless  network  to  which  the  rule  will  be  applied.  Select  the
needed value from the drop-down list. 
MAC address 
In  the  field,  enter  the  MAC  address  of  the  device  to  which  the
selected filtering mode will be applied. You can enter the MAC
 
address of a device connected to the router's LAN at the moment. To 
do this, select the relevant device from the drop-
will be filled in automatically). 
Hostname 
The name of the device for easier identification (optional). You can
specify any name. 
Enable 
If the switch is moved to the right, the rule is active. 
Move the switch to the left to disable the rule. 
When you have configured the parameters, click the SAVE button. 
To edit the parameters of the existing rule, in the Filters section, left-click the needed rule. In the 
opened window, change the settings and click the SAVE button. 
To remove the rule from the page, in the Filters section, select the checkbox located to the left of 
the relevant rule and click the DELETE button (    ). 
After creating the rules you need to configure the filtering modes. 
To  open  the  basic  or  additional  wireless  network  for  the  devices  which  MAC  addresses  are 
specified on this  page and  to close the  wireless  network for all other  devices,  in the  section 
corresponding to the band (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz), left-click the line of the wireless network. In the 
opened window, move the Enable MAC filter  switch to the right. Upon that the MAC filter 
restrict mode drop-down list will be displayed. Select the Allow value from the drop-down list 
and click the SAVE button. 
To  close  the  wireless  network  for  the  devices  which  MAC  addresses  are  specified  on  this  page, 
select the Deny  value from the MAC filter restrict mode drop-down list and click the SAVE 
button. 
To  set  a  schedule  for  the  MAC  filter  rule,  click  the  Set  Schedule  button  (    )  in  the  line 
corresponding to this rule. In the opened window, you can create a new schedule (see the Schedule 
section, page 225) or use the existing one. Existing schedules are displayed in the Interval of 
execution drop-down list in the simplified mode. 
To enable the MAC filter rule at the time specified in the schedule and disable it at the other time, 
select the Enable rule value from the Action drop-down list and click the SAVE button. 
To disable the MAC filter rule at the time specified in the schedule and enable it at the other time, 
select the Disable rule value from the Action drop-down list and click the SAVE button.