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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.