You can control network access to the main and guest wireless networks using MAC address filtering lists.
There are two MAC address filtering lists: the blocked list and the approved list. You can use either the blocked list or the approved list. You cannot use both at the same time.

How the MAC address filtering options work

Whether the selected MAC address filtering list is applied to the main and guest wireless networks depends on your settings for the Enable global MAC address filtering and Enforce MAC filtering for guest wireless network options. The following describes how these settings affect wireless network access control:
Enable global MAC address filtering setting is... Enforce MAC filtering for guest wireless network setting is... Selected MAC address filtering list applied to...
On On
Both the main and guest wireless networks.
On Off
Both the main and guest wireless networks.
Off On
The guest wireless network but is not applied to the main network.
Off Off
Not applied to either the main or guest wireless networks.

How Use blocked list and Use approved list work

  • Use blocked list selected:
    • Cloud Edge accepts all wireless connections unless the client MAC address is in the blocked list.
    • If switching to Use blocked list, clients with MAC addresses in the blocked list will be disconnected if they are currently connected.
    • After adding a MAC address to the blocked list, the client will be disconnected if currently connected.
    • Consider using the blocked list if you want to generally allow access to the wireless networks, but want to block a small number of clients.
    • Maximum number entries in the blocked list: 256
  • Use approved list selected:
    • Cloud Edge denies all wireless connections unless the client MAC address is in the approved list.
    • If switching to Use approved list, clients with MAC addresses that are not in the approved list will be disconnected if they are currently connected.
    • After adding a MAC address to the approved list, the client with that MAC address will be able to connect to the wireless networks.
    • Consider using the approved list if you do not want to allow broad access to the wireless networks, but want to allow access to a small number of approved clients.
    • Maximum number entries in the approved list: 256