Chapter 9 Wireless LAN
WRE6505 v2 User’s Guide
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9.7 MAC Filter
The MAC Filter screen allows you to specify which devices are allowed to access the WRE6505 v2,
while denying access to all unspecified devices. 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:C5:00:00:02. You need to know the MAC address of
the devices to configure this screen.
To change your WRE6505 v2’s MAC Address List settings, click Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G or
Wireless LAN 5G > MAC Filter. The screen appears as shown.
Figure 35 Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G/5G > MAC Filter
The following table describes the labels in this menu.
Table 20 Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G/5G> MAC Filter
LABEL DESCRIPTION
SSID for MAC
Filter
Select the SSID for which you want to configure MAC filtering.
Policy Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the MAC Address table.
Select Disable to deactivate the MAC filtering rule you configure below.
Select Allow to permit access to the WRE6505 v2, MAC addresses not listed will be denied
access to the WRE6505 v2.
Select Reject to block access to the WRE6505 v2, MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to
access the WRE6505 v2
Add a station
Mac Address
Enter the MAC addresses of the wireless station that are allowed or denied access to the
WRE6505 v2 and click Add. Enter the MAC addresses in a valid MAC address format, that is,
six hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.
MAC Filter Summary
Delete Click the delete icon to remove the MAC address from the list.
MAC Address This is the MAC address of the wireless station that are allowed or denied access to the
WRE6505 v2.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the WRE6505 v2.
Reset Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
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