MAC Address Control

This device provides two features in MAC Address Control: Connection Control and Association Control. All these features are MAC level. You can enable these features by checking the "Enable" box.

Connection control

Connection control allows you to allow or deny the wired and wirelessclients to connect to this device and the Internet. Check "Connection control" to enable the controlling.

If a client is denied to connect to this device, it means that the client can't access the Internet and some network resources. Choose "allow" or "deny" to allow or deny clients whose MAC addresses are not listed in the "Control table".

Association control

The "Association" process is the exchange of information between wireless clients and this device to establish a link between them. A wireless client is capable of transmitting and receiving data to this device only after the association process is successfully completed.

Association control allows you to allow or deny the wireless clients to link up to this device. Check "Association control" to control which of the wireless clients will be able to "associate" to the wireless LAN. If a client is denied to associate to the wireless LAN, it means that the client can't send or receive any data through this device. Choose "allow" or "deny" to allow or deny clients whose MAC addresses are not listed in the "Control table".

Following defines what a client can and can not do when its "Connection" and "Association" are enabled or disabled:

When a wired client CAN "Connect" to this device, it means that it can have full access to the Internet and network resources.

When a wired client CAN NOT "Connect" to this device, it means that it CAN:
1. Communicate with the other clients on the wired LAN
But CAN NOT:
1. Connect to the Internet
2. Communicate with the clients on the wireless LAN
3. Use the Web configuration

When a wireless client CAN "Associate" to the wireless LAN, and CAN "Connect" to this device, that means it can have full access to the Internet and network resources.

When a wireless client CAN "Associate" to the wireless LAN, but CAN NOT "Connect" to this device, it means that it CAN:
1. Communicate with other clients on the LAN(wired and wireless)
But CAN NOT:
1. Connect to the Internet
2. Use the Web configuration

When a wireless client CAN NOT "Associate" to the wireless LAN, it means that it CAN NOT:
1. Communicate with any other clients on the LAN (neither wired nor wireless)
2. Connect to the Internet
3. Use the Web configuration

Note: Association control has no effect on wired clients.

Control table

"Control table" is at the bottom of the "MAC Address Control" page. Each row of this table indicates the MAC address and the mapped IP address of a client. There are four columns in this table:

MAC Address	Indicates a specific client's MAC address.
C	When "Connection control" is enabled, checking "C" will allow the corresponding client to "Connect" to this device.
A	When "Association control" is enabled, checking "A" will allow the corresponding client to "Associate" to the wireless LAN.

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To make this setup page simple and clear, we have divided the "Control table" into several pages. You can use these buttons to navigate to different pages.

Example:

Item	Setting
MAC Address Control	Enable
Connection control	Wireless and wired clients with C checked can connect to this device; and unspecified MAC addresses to connect.
Association control	Wireless clients with A checked can associate to the wireless LAN; and unspecified MAC addresses to associate.

Description:

In this scenario, there are three clients listed in the Control Table. Clients 1 and 2 are wireless, and client 3 is wired.

The "MAC Address Control" function is enabled.

"Connection control" is enabled, and all of the wired and wireless clients not listed in the "Control table" are "allowed" to connect to this device.

"Association control" is enabled, and all of the wireless clients not listed in the "Control table" are "denied" to associate to the wireless LAN.

Clients 2 and 3 and other wired clients with a MAC address unspecified in the Control table are all allowed to connect to this device. But client 1 is denied to connect to this device.

Clients 1 and 2 are allowed to associate to the wireless LAN, but a wireless client with a MAC address not specified in the Control table is denied to associate to the wireless LAN. Client 3 is a wired client and so is not affected by Association control.