Restrict Access By Mac Address - NETGEAR MBR1515 User Manual

• Turn off wireless connectivity completely.
You can completely turn off the wireless portion of the router. For example, if you use
your notebook computer to wirelessly connect to your router, and you take a business
trip, you can turn off the wireless portion of the router while you are traveling. Other
members of your household who use computers connected to the router through
Ethernet cables can still use the router. To turn off wireless connectivity, clear the Enable
Wireless Router Radio check box on the Advanced Wireless Settings screen, and then
click Apply.
• Hide your wireless network name (SSID).
By default, the router is set to broadcast its wireless network name (SSID). You can
restrict wireless access to your network by not broadcasting the wireless network name
(SSID). To hide your SSID, clear the Enable SSID Broadcast check box on the Wireless
Settings screen, and then click Apply. Wireless devices do not see your router. You have
to configure your wireless devices to match the wireless network name (SSID) of the
router.
Note: The SSID of any wireless access adapters must match the SSID
you configure in the router. If they do not match, you do not get a
wireless connection to the router.

Restrict Access by MAC Address

For increased security, you can restrict access to the wireless network to allow only specific
computers based on their MAC addresses. You can restrict access to only trusted computers
so that unknown computers cannot wirelessly connect to the LTE Broadband 11n Wireless
Router. MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network,
but the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed.
Note: If you configure the router from a wireless computer, add your
computer's MAC address to the access list. Otherwise you lose your
wireless connection when you click Apply. You must then access the
router from a wired computer, or from a wireless computer that is on
the access control list, to make any further changes.
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To restrict access based on MAC addresses:
1. From the main menu, select Advanced > Wireless Settings. Click Setup Access List
to display the Wireless Station Access List screen.
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