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MAC Address Restriction and Ensemble Management
I'm looking for a new set of AP's and was reading up on the WAC720 and WAC730. With regards to the MAC Authentication feature, is there a limit on the number of MAC addresses that can be added? ...
I have a pair of WAC720s in Ensemble (Firmware 3.5.12.0) and I just checked out the settings for the MAC Authentication. In my testing I found that the MAC Authentication list is shared between Ensemble members. As far as the number of MAC Addresses that you can add I'm not sure but there is a feature to import from a file so I think that you can have a large list. Otherwise you can setup the MAC Authentication to work with a RADIUS server. It should be noted that MAC Authentications are per band(2,4GHz and 5GHz) and not per SSID.
MAC Authentication can be found via the web interface at Configuration>Security>Advanced>MAC Authentication
Hi JohnRo,
Thanks for the info...
Do you know if the list of restricted MAC addresses is propagated in a cluster? Or would one need to configure each individual AP?
It's unfortunate that the Ensemble Management feature doesn't allow multiple models per cluster. I'm a bit surprised since the configuration seems to be the same.
-bhata
Hi bhata,
You'll need to set up the MAC authentication on each AP. Ensemble is mostly for managing and monitoring the wireless AP. In fact, I do not see any setting for MAC authentication on the ensemble web-interface. I'm hopeful that it will be addressed in future firmware updates. Ensemble management is pretty new so there could be more to it on the future.
Thanks,
Thanks again JohnRo... It'll probably be a few months before I actually upgrade so perhaps some new firmware to expand capabilities will occur in the near future...
Hello bhata,
You're welcome!
Hopefully, yes. On the other hand, you can already post your requested feature on our Idea Exchange Board. If the feature requests gets enough like/kudos it is more likely to be prioritized.
Thanks,
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