Manage Local Mac Access Control Lists; Manually Set Up A Mac Access Control List - NETGEAR WAC510 User Manual

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Manage local MAC access control lists

The access point supports eight local access control lists (ACLs) that are based on MAC
addresses. Each local MAC ACL can contain a total number of 256 MAC addresses.
If you set up an ACL with a policy that allows access and you apply that ACL to a WiFi
network (that is, to an SSID), the ACL functions as follows:
• A WiFi device for which you place the MAC address in the ACL is allowed access to
the WiFi network.
• All other WiFi devices are denied access to the WiFi network.
If you set up an ACL with a policy that denies access and you apply that ACL to a WiFi
network (that is, to an SSID), the ACL functions as follows:
• A WiFi device for which you place the MAC address in the ACL is denied access to
the WiFi network.
• All other WiFi devices are allowed access to the WiFi network.
An ACL takes effect only after you apply it to a WiFi network. For information about
applying an ACL to a WiFi network, see Select a MAC ACL for a WiFi network on page
61. You can apply a MAC ACL to more than one WiFi network.
The following sections describe how you can manage MAC ACLs:

• Manually set up a MAC access control List

• Import an existing MAC access control list
Manually set up a MAC access control List
You can compose up to eight access control lists (ACLs) that are each based on up to
256 MAC addresses. The access point includes MAC ACLs with the following default
group names and settings, which you can change:
• Management. If enabled, allows access to trusted stations by default.
• Guest. If enabled, allows access to trusted stations by default.
• Guest1. If enabled, denies access to untrusted stations by default.
• Custom. If enabled, denies access to untrusted stations by default.
• Custom 1. If enabled, allows access to trusted stations by default.
• Custom 2. If enabled, allows access to trusted stations by default.
• Custom 3. If enabled, allows access to trusted stations by default.
• Custom 4. If enabled, allows access to trusted stations by default.
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