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Click 
Add
to open a blank MAC Filtering screen. 
 
                 
                                
                    
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In the Protocol Type field, select one of the following protocols from the drop-
down menu. 
PPPoE 
IPv4 
IPv6 
AppleTalk 
IPX 
NetBEUI 
IGMP 
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In the Destination MAC Address field, enter the frame's destination MAC 
address. 
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In the Source MAC Address field, enter the frame's source MAC address. 
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In the Frame Direction field, select one of the following choices from the drop-
down menu: 
LAN<->WAN 
WAN<->LAN 
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Do you want to select all WAN interfaces? 
If 
yes
, check the Select All WAN Interfaces check box under the WAN 
Interfaces (Configured in Bridge mode only) field. 
If 
no
, uncheck the Select All WAN Interfaces check box under the WAN 
Interfaces (Configured in Bridge mode only) field. 
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Click 
Save/Apply
to add the MAC Filter. 
 
                 
                                
                    
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Forwarding or Blocking MAC Layer Frames 
You can change the policy on how MAC layer frames are forwarded or blocked. 
FORWARDED means that all MAC layer frames will be forwarded except those 
matching with any of the specified rules in the table on the screen. BLOCKED means 
that all MAC layer frames will be blocked except those matching with any of the 
specified rules in the table on the screen. 
To change the policy on how MAC layer frames are forwarded or blocked, complete 
the following steps. 
1
Click 
Security 
on the main screen. The Packet Filtering tab opens by default. 
2
Click 
MAC Filtering
. The MAC Filtering screen opens. 
3
Check the 
Enable Filtering Function 
check box. 
 
                 
                                
                    
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Click 
Change Policy
. The Change MAC Filtering Global Policy screen opens. In 
this example, the global policy for MAC filtering is "Blocked." 
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Do you want to change the Global Policy? 
If 
yes
, click 
Yes
. If the policy is forwarded, clicking Yes changes the policy to 
blocked, and vice versa. 
If 
no
, click
No
and the policy remains unchanged. 
Removing MAC Filtering 
To remove a MAC filtering rule you have set up, complete the following steps. 
1
Click 
Security 
on the main screen. The Packet Filtering tab opens by default. 
2
Click 
MAC Filtering
. The MAC Filtering screen opens. 
 
                 
                                
                    
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From the MAC Filtering screen, select 
Remove 
in the Remove column next to the 
MAC filtering rule you wish to remove. 
4
Click 
Remove
to remove the MAC filtering.