TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router User Guide
5.7.4 MAC Filtering
Like the IP Address Filtering page, the MAC Address Filtering page (shown in figure 5-24)
allows you to control access to the Internet by users on your local network based on their
MAC addresses.
Figure 5-24 MAC Address Filtering
Before setting up MAC Filtering entries, you must ensure that Enable Firewall and
Enable MAC Filtering have been selected on the Firewall page. To Add a MAC Address
filtering entry, click the Add New… button. The page " Add or Modify a MAC Address
Filtering entry" will appear, shown in figure 5-25:
Figure 5-25 Add or Modify a MAC Address Filtering entry
To add or modify a MAC Address Filtering entry, follow these instructions:
1. Enter the appropriate MAC address into the MAC Address field. The format of the
MAC address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). For example:
00-0E-AE-B0-00-0B.
2. Type the description of the PC in the Description field. Fox example: John’s PC.
3. Status - Select Enabled or Disabled for this entry on the Status pull-down list.
4. Click the Save button to save this entry.
To add additional entries, repeat steps 1-4.
When finished, click the Return button to return to the MAC Address Filtering page.
To Modify or delete an existing entry:
1. Find the desired entry in the table.
2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Edit column.
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