ZyXEL Communications WAH7608 - Technical Reference; Wireless Network Overview

Chapter 12 WiFi
WAH7608 User’s Guide
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
12.5 Technical Reference
This section discusses wireless LANs in depth.
12.5.1 Wireless Network Overview
Wireless networks consist of wireless clients, access points and bridges.
• A wireless client is a radio connected to a user’s computer.
• An access point is a radio with a wired connection to a network, which can connect with numerous
wireless clients and let them access the network.
• A bridge is a radio that relays communications between access points and wireless clients, extending
a network’s range.
Traditionally, a wireless network operates in one of two ways.
• An “infrastructure” type of network has one or more access points and one or more wireless clients.
The wireless clients connect to the access points.
• An “ad-hoc” type of network is one in which there is no access point. Wireless clients connect to one
another in order to exchange information.
The following figure provides an example of a wireless network.
Table 29 WiFi > MAC Filter
LABEL DESCRIPTION
MAC Address
Filter Mode
Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Filter table.
Select Allow listed stations to permit access to the WAH7608, MAC addresses not listed will be
denied access to the WAH7608.
Select Deny listed stations to block access to the LTE Device, MAC addresses not listed will be
allowed to access the WAH7608.
Select Disable to turn MAC filtering off on the WAH7608.
# This field displays the index number of the MAC address entry.
Active Select the check box to activate so the MAC Filter applies to this wireless device.
Name Enter a descriptive name for the wireless device that are allowed or denied access to the
WAH7608.
MAC Address This field displays the MAC addresses of the wireless devices that are allowed or denied access
to the WAH7608.
Click Add to enter or change the MAC address of the wireless devices that are allowed or
denied access to the WAH7608 in this field. Enter the MAC addresses in a valid MAC address
format, that is, six hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.
Delete Click Delete to remove the MAC address entry.
Add Click Add to create a new entry.
Delete All Click Delete All to remove all entries.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the WAH7608.