Tp-Link TL-WA801ND [51/76] Wireless mac filtering

TL-WA801ND 300Mbps Wireless N Access Point User Guide

• Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit, or 152-bit.) for

encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid.

1) For 64-bit encryption - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f,

A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters.

2) For 128-bit encryption - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f,

A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.

3) For 152-bit encryption - You can enter 32 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f,

A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 16 ASCII characters.

)

Note:

1) If you do not set the key, the wireless security function is still disabled even if you have

selected Shared Key as Authentication Type.

2) You will be reminded to reboot the device after clicking the Save button.

4.5.3 Wireless MAC Filtering

Selecting Wireless > Wireless MAC Filtering will allow you to set up some filtering rules to

control wireless stations accessing the device, which depend on the station’s MAC address on the

following screen as shown Figure 4-20. This function is not available wh

en the operation is set to

Client. As the configuration is the same in each operation mode, here we just take the Access

Point for example.

Figure 4-20 Wireless MAC address Filtering

The Wireless MAC Address Filtering feature allows you to control wireless stations accessing the

device, which depend on the station's MAC addresses.

¾ Operation Mode - Shows the current operation mode.