MAC Filter Screen
Available on the Security sub-menu, the MAC Filter screen allows you to control which Wi-Fi
clients can use the MiFi 2200 to connect to the Internet. Access is allowed only for known and
trusted wireless clients. The trusted clients are identified by their MAC address, which is a
unique low-level network ID.
Note: On Windows computers, the "MAC address" is called the "Physical Address". You can
check the properties or status of the wireless interface on your computer to find the MAC
address of your computer
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The MAC Filter screen contains the following settings.
• Enable MAC Filter - Use this checkbox to enable or disable this feature as required.
- Enabled: The MAC address of each wireless client is checked. If the MAC
address is in the "Trusted Client MAC Address List", access is allowed.
Otherwise, access is blocked. Note that allowed clients must still have the
correct Wireless Security settings.
- Disabled:- This feature is disabled, and the MAC address of each Wireless
client is not checked. All clients will be allowed. However, clients must still
have the correct Wireless Security settings.
• Trusted Client MAC Address List - This lists the MAC addresses of Wireless clients for
which you have allowed access.
If you have not entered any MAC addresses, this list will be empty.
If the list is not empty, you can remove a client from the list by selecting it and clicking the
"Delete" button.
• Add Trusted Client MAC Address - Use this to add a wireless client to the "Trusted Client
MAC Address List".
- Enter the MAC address of the wireless client,
- Click the "Add Client" button.
- When finished updating the Trusted Client list, click the “Apply” button to
save the updated list.
- Alternatively, clicking the “Revert” button will discard any changes made
since the last "Apply" operation.
