Access Control
The Access Control tab allows you to configure network access restrictions.
Network Access
The Instant On web application allows you to configure network access restrictions for wired or wireless clients based on IP destination addresses.
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- Click the Instant On web application home page, or click Networks from the navigation pane on the left. tile on the
- In the Networks > Overview screen, select one of the following methods to view the network details:
- Clicking on the network name.
- Hover the cursor over the network, click the
button, and select View Details from the drop-down list.
- Click the Access Control tab.
- Under Network Access > Access Restrictions, select the Network Destinations check box.
- Under Allowed Destinations, select one of the following:
- Internet—Select this check box to allow the clients to access the internet. This setting is always enabled by default on bridged networks.
- Local Network—Select this check box to allow clients to receive an IP address on the same subnet as the assigned network. This option is available only on networks that use a primary Wi-Fi router as a gateway where the Internet option is not a mandatory setting in Network Destinations.
- Specific IP Address—Select this checkbox to allow the client to access specific resources using an IP address.
- Under Allowed Destination IP Addresses, click Add.
- In the Add Allowed IP Address popup window, enter a destination IP address to allow on the selected network.
- Click Add IP Address.
- Click Update.
Specific Clients
The Specific Clients feature is used to provide network access only to the clients that are added to the list. This feature is available only on employee networks that are configured with a network password (PSK) authentication. The Specific Clients setting is disabled by default. This setting can be enabled per-network and not globally. Each applicable network can have its own list of allowed clients. You can add a maximum of 256 wireless clients to the Allowed Clients list.
The following procedure describes how to enable and edit the allowed clients list:
- Click the Instant On web application home page, or click Networks from the navigation pane on the left. tile on the
- In the Networks > Overview screen, select one of the following methods to view the network details:
- Clicking on the network name.
- Hover the cursor over the network you want to delete, click the
button, and select View Details from the drop-down list.
- Click the Access Control tab.
- Under Network Access > Access Restrictions, select the Specific Clients check box.
- Under Allowed Clients, click Add.
- Click Search. The Instant On devices begin scanning for nearby clients that are available to connect to the network.
- Choose the clients that should be added to the Allowed Clients list.
After selecting the clients from the Add Clients wizard, the allowed clients can connect to a specific network with the correct PSK key, and only then will the clients appear in the "Allowed Clients" list.
- Click Update.
Once the changes are saved, the connected wireless clients that are not in the Allowed Clients list will be disconnected immediately.