Configuring Your Gateway
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SMCD3GN2 Wireless Cable Modem User Manual
Table 14. MAC Filtering Options
Option
Description
SSID
Network name of the of the primary wireless carrier.
MAC Filtering Mode
Determines which wireless client stations can connect to the Gateway. The choices are:
•
Allow- All = all wireless client stations can connect to the Gateway. (
default
)
•
Allow = allow only the wireless client stations in the MAC filter table to connect to the Gateway.
•
Deny = no wireless client stations can connect to the Gateway.
Wireless Control List
Shows the device name and MAC address of up to 16 devices that you manually added to the MAC filter
table. To delete a device, click the radio button to the left of the device you want to delete and click the
Delete
button. A precautionary message does not appear before deleting the MAC address, so be sure
you do not need the MAC address before deleting it.
Auto-Learned Wireless
Devices
Shows the wireless devices whose presence the Gateway has automatically learned.
Manually-Added
Wireless Devices
Enter a unique name and MAC address of the wireless devices that you want to manually add to the
Wireless Control List (MAC filter table). Click
Add
to add the device to the Wireless Control List.
Adding and Deleting Wireless Client Stations
To allow wireless client stations to access the Internet through the Gateway, use the
following procedure to define up to 16 wireless client stations.
1. To add wireless client stations that the Gateway automatically learned on the network,
perform the following steps under
Auto-Learned Lan Devices
:
a. Click a wireless client station that the Gateway learned automatically.
b. Click
Add
. The wireless client station is added to the
Wireless Control List
.
c. To add more auto-learned wireless client stations (up to 16), repeat steps 1a and 1b.
2. To manually add wireless client stations, perform the following steps under
Manually-
Added Wireless Devices
:
a. Under
Device Name
, enter a unique name for the device (that is, a name that does not
already appear in the
Wireless Control List
).
b. Under
MAC Address
, enter the MAC address of the device.
c. Click
Add
to add the wireless client station to the
Wireless Control List
.
d. To manually add more wireless client stations (up to 16), repeat steps 2a through 2c.
3. To delete wireless client stations from the
Wireless Control List
,. click the radio button
corresponding to the wireless client station you want to delete and click the
Delete
button.
A precautionary message does not appear before deleting a wireless client station.
4. When you finish, click
Apply
.
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