Tp-Link TD-8840 [43/63] Security

TD-8840 ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

4.3.4 Security

Choose “Advanced Setup→Security” menu, you can do some security configurations for your

Router. There are two submenus under the Security menu as shown in Figure 4-25.

Figure 4-25

4.3.4.1. MAC Filtering

Choose “Security→MAC Filtering” menu, you can configure the MAC filtering rule in the next

screen similar to Figure 4-26. The MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control the access

of users on your local network basing on their MAC addresses.

Figure 4-26

MAC Filtering Global Policy - The default setting is FORWARDED. FORWARDED means that

all MAC layer frames will be forwarded except those matching with any of the specified rules in

the following table. BLOCKED means that all MAC layer frames will be blocked except those

matching with any of the specified rules in the following table. You can change the policy by

clicking the Change Policy button to go to the Change MAC Filtering Global Policy page as

shown in Figure 4-27.