Section 6 - Securing Your Network
Using the MAC Authentication page, you can view wireless clients in the MAC Authentication database. The
database contains wireless client MAC addresses and names. The database is used to retrieve descriptive client
names from the RADIUS server and implement MAC authentication.
The page also lets you add, edit, and delete clients.
Viewing/Adding Wireless Known Clients
Path: Security > Authentication > User Database > MAC Authentication
To view wireless known clients:
1. Go to Security > Authentication > User Database.
2. Click on the MAC Authentication tab in the middle menu. The MAC Authentication page will appear
displaying a list of the wireless clients in the MAC Authentication database.
3. Next to List Type the current global setting is displayed.
MAC authentication is a feature that grants or denies a client access to the network on the basis of
the List type (white-list or black-list) of the client's MAC address. MAC Authentication is enable at the
network level. The network configuration also defines whether MAC addresses are looked up on the
local database or on the RADIUS server.
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