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Chapter 5
Network Security
5. 1. Control Clients’ Access
With the following functions,you can control wireless client devices’ access to the
Internet by Wireless MAC Filtering; you can also deny clients’ access by using clients’
IP address, MAC address and port number; meanwhile, you can allow clients’ access by
configuring Passthrough Options.
5. 1. 1. Wireless MAC Filtering
This function exploits the uniqueness of the MAC (Medium Access Control) address,
a unique 12-digit hexadecimal address (for example, D8:5D:4C:B4:46:EA) of every
network device, to determine if the device can or cannot access your wireless network.
Prevent unauthorized users from accessing my wireless network
by utilizing the network device’s MAC address.
For example, I have a computer that is connected to my wireless
network. Now, an unknown device (an intruder) is also using my
wireless network, which affects my Internet speed. I would like
to control my wireless network with the following capabilities:
• My computer is always allowed to access the wireless network.
• The unknown device is not allowed to access the wireless
network.
• I don’t have to keep changing my wireless password as often.
1. Visit http://tplinkmodem.net, and log in with the username
(admin) and password (admin or the one customized by you).
2. Go to Advanced > Wireless 2.4G or Wireless 5G > MAC
Filtering.
3. Select the wireless interface you want to configure and
enable MAC Filtering.
I want to:
How can I
do that?
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