The Security page lets you configure and change the security settings for the access point, including your wireless security settings, MAC address filtering options, and login information.
This displays the current user name and password assigned to the access point. To change your user name and/or password, enter the new user name and password and click Save at the bottom of the page. You will need to log in to your access point with the new user name and password.
The lets you set a password up to 15 characters long. The most secure passwords are usually between 8 and 15 characters long.
The access point will allow you to enter a space or other punctuation in your password.
Use a mixture of upper (A through Z) and lower (a through z) case letters.
Adding numbers 0 through 9 to a password increases security.
Use ASCII symbols, such as ~ ! @ # $ % & ^ *, etc, to further increase the security of your password.
In this area you can control which wireless devices are allowed or denied access
to the access point
based upon their MAC addresses. The MAC address
can usually be found either on a label on the external wireless product or in
the configuration utility of the wireless client, depending on the wireless
device you are using.
The access point configuration pages let you configure access to the access point based on MAC addresses by using the Allow Current Clients button or specify a level of filter to apply:
Click Allow Current Clients to allow all of the wireless clients currently connected to the access point to be allowed access to the access point in the future. By default, the filter setting of Allow only these devices will then be applied.
Allow all devices: Any wireless client that has the correct security information will be allowed to connect to the access point. This is the default setting.
Allow only these devices: Allows only devices with specific MAC addresses to establish a wireless connection with the access point.
Enter the MAC address of the device that should be allowed connection to the access point.
Click Add.
Deny only these devices: Denies a wireless connection to the access point for devices with the specified MAC addresses. This can be used if you notice unauthorised wireless devices that are connected to your network.
Enter the MAC address of the device that should be denied connection to the access point.
Click Add.
Note: You need to click Save to save all your new settings and reboot the access point after you have completed all your changes.