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Source MAC Filtering
Source MAC Filtering allows you to filter out traffic coming from certain known machines or devices. The router uses the MAC address of a computer or device on the network to identify it and block access. Traffic coming in from a specified MAC address will be blocked while traffic from other MAC addresses will be allowed through.
Example: If a computer on the LAN with a MAC address of 00:01:02:03:04:05, is added to the source MAC filtering list, when this computer tries to connect to www.yahoo.com (or any other website), the router will not allow it to connect. However, if this computer is running some server (e.g., an FTP server), and a firewall rule is defined that directs all FTP traffic to this machine (if under NAT mode), any machine on the Internet will be able to make the FTP connection and upload or download any file successfully.
MAC Filtering Table
Enable Source MAC Filtering by selecting Yes. Disable Source MAC Filtering by slecting the No radio button.
Available MAC Addresses to be Blocked
This table lists the MAC Addresses that are currently being blocked. To remove an entry from the table, select the MAC Address entry and click Delete. To edit an entry, click Edit adjacent to the entry.
To select all the MAC addresses in the table, click Select All.
Add Source MAC Address to be Blocked:
To add a MAC Address to the table, input a valid MAC address in the MAC Address field and click Add. MAC addresses are in the form: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx where x is a numeric (0 to 9) or an alphabetic (between a and f inclusive); for example: 00:e0:4c:69:0a:11
Click Apply to submit your changes.
Click Reset to revert back to the previous settings.
 

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