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Oct 19, 2015  Seems like the MAC on the unit/box is not correct and would need to be fixed by Linksys. I recommend that you phone contact your regional Linksys support office and ask for help and information regarding this.We find that phone contact has better immediate results over using email.

Linksys wireless routers include a Wireless MAC Filter feature that allows you to allow or deny access to specific devices using their Media Access Control address. With Wireless MAC Filter enabled, only MAC addresses you specifically allow in your Linksys router’s configuration interface can connect to your wireless network. If you want to allow a device to access your wireless network, you’ll need to access the Linksys router’s configuration page and add its 12-digit MAC address to the list.

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Type “192.168.1.1” into your Web browser’s address bar and press “Enter” to access the Linksys router’s setup page.

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Type “admin” into the “Password” field, leave the “Username” field empty and press “Enter” to log in. If you’ve set a custom password, type your custom password instead of “admin.”

3.

Click the “Wireless” tab at the top of the setup page and then click “Wireless MAC Filter” under the 'Wireless' tab.

4.

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Select the “Enabled” option to enable the Wireless MAC Filter if it’s disabled.

5.

Select the “Permit PCs Listed Below to Access the Wireless Network” to allow the MAC addresses listed on the page to access the wireless network. You can also select the “Prevent PCs” option to block the MAC addresses on the page from accessing the wireless network and allow all other MAC addresses access.

6.

Type the MAC addresses you want to add into the “MAC” boxes on the page. You can click the “Wireless Client List” button to view the MAC addresses of the devices currently connected to the wireless network, their device names and their IP addresses.

Tip

  • To find a computer’s MAC address, click “Start,” type “Network Connections” into the search box in the Start menu and press “Enter” to access the list of network connections. Right-click the “Wireless Network Connection,” click “Status,” click “Details” and read the MAC address located to the right of 'Physical Address' in the details window.

Warning

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  • MAC address filtering is not a foolproof way to secure wireless networks. An attacker could monitor wireless traffic, identify the MAC address of a device connected to the network, change their local system’s MAC address to the allowed MAC address and gain access to your network.

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