Limiting access to your WiFi network to certain WiFi computers and devices. Hercules HWGEXT-54-LB

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- Enter the WEP security key for your Livebox.

- Click Connect.

WiFi Extender Manager connects your WiFi Extender to the Livebox. Should the connection fail, you can restart the procedure, taking care to select the correct network and enter the correct security settings.

4.6.

Limiting access to your WiFi network to certain WiFi computers and devices

Filtering by MAC address is a complement to your security parameters, allowing you to select the wireless computers and devices authorized to connect to your local area WiFi network.

A MAC address is a unique address created by the builder of the network device (WiFi or Ethernet), serving to identify this element within a network.

To enable filtering by MAC address:

- On the home page, click the Advanced Settings button to access the advanced settings for your

WiFi network.

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- On the page displayed, Click the Advanced

WiFi settings button to display the available configuration options.

- On the Advanced WiFi settings page, click the

MAC address filtering button.

- Tick the MAC address filtering: box.

- Click Apply.

To add a WiFi computer or device (webcam, game console or other) to the list:

- Manually enter the WiFi device's MAC address (in

AAAAAAAAAAAA format, without separators) in the MAC address: field.

- Click the Add button.

This address has been added to the list of computers and WiFi devices authorized to connect.

- Click Apply.

Once you have enabled the filtering by MAC address function, only the computers and devices appearing in this list will be authorized to connect to your Hercules WiFi Extender.

If friends visit with their WiFi computers or devices, or if you wish to connect new WiFi devices, don't forget to add their MAC addresses to the filtering list and pair them with the Livebox, otherwise they will never be able to connect.

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