This menu allows you to specify the MAC addresses of the only devices that will be allowed to connect on FreshTomato WiFi networks. It is effectively a MAC Address whitelist for wireless access. (Default: Disabled).

MAC Address: The 12-character MAC address of the device to allow access to the WiFi network. Clicking “Add” will create a new row in the table to add another address.

Description: An (optional) plain text description of the device. This helps keep track of the various client devices allowed to connect.

Clicking the Virtual Wireless Interfaces link under “Notes” takes you to the Virtual Wireless menu. There, you can choose how and on which interface the Wireless Filter list of MAC addresses will work.

For security purposes, Wireless Filter tends to prevent casual, inexperienced users from accessing a WiFi network. However, even with the most recent protocols/encryption, MAC addresses are unencrypted in WiFi. Anyone with packet sniffing software may be able to discover the MAC addresses of network clients.