ZyXEL Communications VMG3312-T20A - 7.4 The MAC Authentication Screen

Chapter 7 Wireless
VMG3312-T20A User’s Guide
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7.4 The MAC Authentication Screen
This screen allows you to configure the VMG to give exclusive access to specific devices (Allow) or
exclude specific devices from accessing the VMG (Deny). 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 characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:01:23:45. You need to know the MAC addresses of the
devices to configure this screen.
Use this screen to view your VMG’s MAC filter settings and add new MAC filter rules. Click Network
Setting > Wireless > MAC Authentication. The screen appears as shown.
Guest WLAN Select this to create Guest WLANs for home and external clients. Select the WLAN type in the
Access Scenario field.
Access Scenario If you select Home Guest, clients connecting to the same SSID can communicate with each
other directly.
If you select External Guest, clients are blocked from connecting to each other directly.
Move your mouse over the network icon next to the drop-down list box to view the
corresponding network topology.
Max. Upstream
Bandwidth
Specify the maximum rate for upstream wireless traffic to the WAN from this WLAN in kilobits per
second (Kbps).
Max.
Downstream
Bandwidth
Specify the maximum rate for downstream wireless traffic to this WLAN from the WAN in kilobits
per second (Kbps).
SSID Subnet Select Enable if you want the wireless network interface to assign DHCP IP addresses to the
associated wireless clients.
DHCP Start
Address
Specify the first of the contiguous addresses in the DHCP IP address pool.
The VMG assigns IP addresses from this DHCP pool to wireless clients connecting to the SSID.
DHCP End
Address
Specify the last of the contiguous addresses in the DHCP IP address pool.
SSID Subnet
Mask
Specify the subnet mask of the VMG for the SSID subnet.
LAN IP
Address
Specify the IP address of the VMG for the SSID subnet.
Security Level
Security Mode Select Basic (WEP) or More Secure (WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-WPA2-PSK) to add security on this
wireless network. The wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have same
wireless security settings as the VMG. After you select to use a security, additional options
appears in this screen.
Or you can select No Security to allow any client to associate this network without any data
encryption or authentication.
See Section 7.2.1 on page 98 for more details about this field.
OK Click OK to save your changes.
Cancel Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.
Table 23 Network Setting > Wireless > Guest/More AP > Edit (continued)
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