Mac Filtering; Configuring A Mac Filter List Locally On The Wap Device - Cisco WAP121 Administration Manual

Wireless Settings

MAC Filtering

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Cisco Small Business WAP121 and WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point with PoE
The default is 0, which means that all new associations will be allowed regardless
of the utilization rate. The valid integer range is from 0 to 100.
Click Save. The changes are saved to the Running Configuration and to the Startup
Configuration.
After new settings are saved, the corresponding processes may be stopped and
restarted. When this happens, the WAP device may lose connectivity. We
recommend that you change WAP device settings when it will least affect your
wireless clients.
Media Access Control (MAC) filtering can be used to exclude or allow only listed
client stations to authenticate with the access point. MAC authentication is
enabled and disabled per VAP on the Networks page. Depending on how the VAP
is configured, the WAP device may refer to a MAC filter list stored on an external
RADlUS server, or may refer a MAC filter list stored locally on the WAP device.

Configuring a MAC Filter List Locally on the WAP device

The MAC Filtering page enables you to configure a local list.
The WAP device supports one local MAC filter list only; that is, the same list
applies to all VAPs that are enabled to use the local list. The filter can be
configured to grant access only to the MAC addresses on the list, or to deny
access only to addresses on the list.
Up to 512 MAC addresses can be added to the filter list.
To configure MAC filtering:
Click Wireless > MAC Filtering in the navigation window.
Select how the WAP device uses the filter list:
• Allow only stations in the list. Any station that is not in the Stations List is
denied access to the network through the WAP device.
• Block all stations in list. Only the stations that appear in the list are denied
access to the network through the WAP device. All other stations are
permitted access.
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