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Add a MAC Address Filter Profile on an Access Point in Business Central Mode

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Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 and WAC730 User Manual network. You perform those actions on the access point in Business Central mode itself rather than through the BCWM application. For increased security, you can restrict access to an SSID by allowing access to only specific computers or WiFi stations based on their MAC addresses. You can restrict access to only trusted computers so that unknown computers cannot connect over WiFi to the access point. MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network, but the data broadcast over the WiFi link is fully exposed if you do not also implement WiFi security. Before you can implement MAC address filtering, you must set up one or more MAC address filter profiles (which is described in this section) and then assign the profile to a WiFi security profile (see Assign a MAC Address Filter Profile on an Access Point in Business Central Mode on page 151).You can assign the same MAC address filter profile to multiple WiFi security profiles, or you can set up different MAC address filter profiles for different WiFi security profiles. You can manually add MAC addresses to the MAC address filter profile and you can import a list of trusted MAC addresses. The file that you import must satisfy the following requirements: • The file must be a plain-text file with a .txt or .cfg extension. • Entries in the file must be MAC addresses in hexadecimal format with each octet separated by colons, for example 00:11:22:33:44:55. • Entries must be separated with a single space. • The file must contain only MAC addresses, no other information. Note You cannot add multicast or broadcast MAC addresses to a MAC address filter profile. For all MAC address filter profiles together, the access point can support a maximum number of 512 MAC addresses. For example, you can set up two MAC address filter profiles with 256 MAC addresses each, or you can set up 16 MAC address filter profiles with 32 MAC addresses each, provided that the total number of MAC addresses for all profiles together does not exceed 512. Add a MAC Address Filter Profile on an Access Point in Business Central Mode To add a MAC address filter profile on an access point in Business Central mode: 1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to the access point directly through an Ethernet cable. For more information, see Log In to the Access Point on page 16. 2. In the address bar, enter the IP address of the access point. A login window opens. 3. Enter the user name and password. The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password are case-sensitive. Configure the Access Point in Business Central Mode 149

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network.You perform those actions on the access point in Business Central mode itself rather than through
the BCWM application.
For increased security, you can restrict access to an SSID by allowing access to only specific computers or
WiFi stations based on their MAC addresses.You can restrict access to only trusted computers so that
unknown computers cannot connect over WiFi to the access point. MAC address filtering adds an obstacle
against unwanted access to your network, but the data broadcast over the WiFi link is fully exposed if you
do not also implement WiFi security.
Before you can implement MAC address filtering, you must set up one or more MAC address filter profiles
(which is described in this section) and then assign the profile to a WiFi security profile (see
Assign a MAC
Address Filter Profile on an Access Point in Business Central Mode
on page 151).You can assign the same
MAC address filter profile to multiple WiFi security profiles, or you can set up different MAC address filter
profiles for different WiFi security profiles.
You can manually add MAC addresses to the MAC address filter profile and you can import a list of trusted
MAC addresses.
The file that you import must satisfy the following requirements:
•
The file must be a plain-text file with a
.txt
or
.cfg
extension.
•
Entries in the file must be MAC addresses in hexadecimal format with each octet separated by colons,
for example 00:11:22:33:44:55.
•
Entries must be separated with a single space.
•
The file must contain only MAC addresses, no other information.
You cannot add multicast or broadcast MAC addresses to a MAC address filter profile.
Note
For all MAC address filter profiles together, the access point can support a maximum number of 512 MAC
addresses. For example, you can set up two MAC address filter profiles with 256 MAC addresses each, or
you can set up 16 MAC address filter profiles with 32 MAC addresses each, provided that the total number
of MAC addresses for all profiles together does not exceed 512.
Add a MAC Address Filter Profile on an Access Point in
Business Central Mode
To add a MAC address filter profile on an access point in Business Central mode:
1.
Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to
the access point directly through an Ethernet cable.
For more information, see
Log In to the Access Point
on page 16.
2.
In the address bar, enter the IP address of the access point.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
Configure the Access Point in Business Central Mode
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