Configure MAC Filter on your RV132W or RV134W VPN Router

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Updated:August 1, 2017
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Configure MAC Filter on your RV132W or RV134W VPN Router

Objective

Media Access Control (MAC) Address filtering allows you to permit or deny access to the wireless network based on the MAC address of the requesting device’s MAC address.

This article aims to show you how to configure  MAC address filtering on your RV132W or RV134W VPN router.

Applicable Devices

  • RV132W
  • RV134W

Software Version

  • 1.0.0.17 — RV132W
  • 1.0.0.21 — RV134W

Configure MAC Address Filtering

Step 1. Log in to the router web-based utility.

Note: In this article, the RV132W is used.

Step 2. Choose Wireless > Basic Settings.

Step 3. In the Wireless Table, check the box for the network you want to configure.

Step 4. Click Edit MAC Filtering.

Step 5. In the Wireless MAC Filter area, check the Enable check box to enable MAC Filtering for the selected SSID.

Step 6. In the Connection Control area, choose the type of access to the wireless network.

Note: In this example, we are permitting specific devices to access the wireless network.

  • Permit — Choose this option to allow devices with the MAC addresses listed in the MAC Address Table to access the wireless network.
  • Prevent — Choose this option to prevent devices with the MAC addresses listed in the MAC Address Table from accessing the wireless network. This option is selected by default.

Step 7. To show computers and other devices on the wireless network, click Show Client List.

Step 8. In the Client List Table, check the box to add the device to the list of devices to be added to the MAC Address Table.

Step 9. Click Add to MAC to add the chosen devices in the Client List Table to the MAC Address Table.

Step 10. Click Save.

You should now have successfully configured the MAC address filter on your RV132W or RV134W VPN router.

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