Protocol filters prevent or allow the use of specific protocols through the interface. You can set up individual protocol filters or sets of filters. This base page enables you to apply the filters for incoming and outgoing Ethernet and 802.11b Radio interfaces.

Filters must be created before they can be applied.

Click the MAC Address Filters tab to create or edit filter indexes for MAC addresses. Click the IP Filters tab to create or edit protocol filters. Click the Ethertype Filters tab to create or edit protocol filters.

Any filters you set on the MAC Address, IP Filters, or Ethertype Filters pages are not applied until they are enabled on this Apply Filters page.

Filters should be applied with caution. Misconfigured filters can lock you out of the access point. If this happens, the recovery methods are console port accesses (if available) or resetting of the access point to the default configuration.

Incoming

From the drop-down menu, select the protocol filter set that you want to enable for MAC, Ethertype, and IP.

Outgoing

From the drop-down menu, select the protocol filter set that you want to enable for MAC, Ethertype, and IP.