D-Link DWS-4026 [623/741] Known client configuration

ConfiguringAdvancedSettings

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page623

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

KnownClientConfiguration

TheKnownClientConfigurationpageallowsyoutoaddwirelessclientstotheKnownClientDatabaseand

specifytheauthenticationactiontotakeontheclientwhenitattemptstoaccessthenetwork.Thedatabase

containswirelessclientMACaddressesandnames.Thedatabaseisusedtoretrieveclie ntdescriptivenames

omtheRADIUSserveraswellasimplementMACAuthentication.

Figure399:KnownClientConfiguration

Table363describesthefieldsonKnownClientConfigurationpage.

CommandButtons

Thepageincludesthefollowingbuttons:

• Refresh—Updatesthepagewiththelatestinformation.

• Submit—Updatestheswitchwiththevaluesyouenter.Toretainthenewva

luesacrossapowercycle,you

mustperformasave(Tool>SaveChanges).

Table363:KnownClientConfiguration

Field Description

MACAddress ShowstheMACaddressoftheclient.Tovieworconfigurethenameor

authenticationactionforanotherclientintheKnownClientdatabase,

selectitsMACaddressfromthemenu.

Name Enteradescriptivenamefortheclient,whichcancontainupto32

alphanumericcharacters.Thisfieldisop

tional.

AuthenticationAction SpecifytheactiontotakeonawirelessclientwhenMAC

authenticationisenabledonthenetwork.Thefollowingoptionsare

available:

•Grant—AllowtheclientwiththespecifiedMACaddresstoaccess

thenetwork.

•Deny—ProhibittheclientwiththespecifiedMACaddressfrom

accessingthenetwork.

• GlobalAction—Usetheglobalwhit

e‐listorblack‐listaction

configuredontheAdvancedGlobalConfigurationpageto

determinehowtohandletheclient.