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Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry - as a repeater

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TL-WA500G 54M Wireless Access Point User Guide ¾ MAC Address - Enter MAC address of wireless station that you want to filter. The format of the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example: 00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B. ¾ Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station. For example: Wireless station A. ¾ Privilege - Select Allow, Deny from the drop-down list. Allow means allowing the station to access the AP. Deny means denying the station to access the AP. ¾ Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry from the drop-down list. To enable the above settings, please select Enabled. Otherwise, select Disabled. Click Save to save this entry. To modify or delete an existing entry: 1. Click Edit or Delete in the Modify column in the Wireless MAC Address Filtering Table. 2. Enter the value as desired in the Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry page, and click Save. Click Enable All to make all the entries effective. Click Disable All to make all the entries ineffective. Click Delete All to delete all the entries. Click Next to go to the next page. Click Previous to return to the previous page. For example: If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00- 07-BE be able to access the AP, the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB- 00-07-5F not be able to access the AP, while all other wireless stations cannot access the AP, you should configure the Wireless MAC Address Filtering list following these steps: 1. Click Enable to enable this function. 2. Select the radio button: Deny the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the list to access for Filtering Rules. 3. Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entries existing already. 4. Click Add New... and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-BE in the MAC Address field, enter wireless station A in the Description field, select Allow in the Privilege drop-down list and select Enabled in the Status pull-down list. Click Save and Back. 5. Repeat step 4 using the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-5F instead of 00-0A-EB-00-07-BE. After finishing the above steps, you can see the filtering rules you configured are similar to the following list as in figure 28

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TL-WA500G
54M Wireless Access Point User Guide
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MAC Address
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Enter MAC address of wireless station that you want to filter. The format of
the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example:
00-0A-EB-B0-00-0B.
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Description -
Give a simple description of the wireless station. For example: Wireless station
A.
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Privilege
-
Select
Allow
,
Deny
from the drop-down list.
Allow
means allowing the station to
access the AP.
Deny
means denying the station to access the AP.
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Status
-
Select
Enabled
or
Disabled
for this entry from the drop-down list. To enable the
above settings, please select
Enabled
. Otherwise, select
Disabled
.
Click
Save
to save this entry.
To modify or delete an existing entry:
1. Click
Edit
or
Delete
in the
Modify
column in the
Wireless MAC Address Filtering
Table.
2.
Enter the value as desired in the
Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry
page, and click
Save
.
Click
Enable
All
to make all the entries effective.
Click
Disable
All
to make all the entries ineffective.
Click
Delete All
to delete all the entries.
Click
Next
to go to the next page.
Click
Previous
to return to the previous page.
For example:
If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00- 07-BE be able to access
the AP, the wireless station B with MAC address 00-0A-EB- 00-07-5F not be able to access the AP,
while all other wireless stations cannot access the AP, you should configure the
Wireless MAC
Address Filtering
list following these steps:
1. Click
Enable
to enable this function.
2.
Select the radio button:
Deny the stations not specified by any enabled entries in the
list to access
for
Filtering Rules.
3.
Delete all or disable all entries if there are any entries existing already.
4. Click
Add New...
and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-BE in the
MAC Address
field, enter wireless station A in the
Description
field, select
Allow
in the
Privilege
drop-down list and select
Enabled
in the
Status
pull-down list. Click
Save
and
Back
.
5. Repeat
step
4
using
the
MAC
address
00-0A-EB-00-07-5F
instead
of
00-0A-EB-00-07-BE.
After finishing the above steps, you can see the filtering rules you configured are similar to the
following list as in figure
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