Not always the user is to ensure reliable protection of its own wireless network, and in certain situations it is simply necessary that it functioned without a password. In such cases, the need for disconnecting and blocking unwanted customers occurs. Fortunately, in almost every modern router software, there is an option that allows you to perform this operation literally into several clicks. It is about this that will be discussed below.
As part of today's material, we will not tell about third-party programs that allegedly allow you to manage other Wi-Fi customers. Most of these tools are intended only for monitoring the current state of the access point and only display the list of users. In other programs, this feature is simply not working, so we could not find a really working solution that could be safely recommended.
Login to the web interface
All further steps described on the example of three different routers will be made in the menu of their settings, which is called a web interface. Many people know that authorization in such menus is performed through any convenient browser by switching to the relevant address and filling in a special form. If you first hear about the need to carry out this procedure, or have rarely encountered it and now do not know how to make the entrance, we recommend that the reference reference is read below. There you will find all the necessary instructions.
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Definition of the login and password to enter the web interface of the router
Login to the web interface of ZyXEL KEENETIC / MGTS / ASUS / TP-LINK
Turn off users from Wi-Fi router
We decided to tell about the three most popular Wi-Fi routers to demonstrate the difference in the design of the items of the Internet Center. Thanks to this, everyone will understand how to disable and block users from the wireless network. Even if you have a device from another company, it will be enough to familiarize yourself with these three options in order to understand the principle of configuration.Option 1: D-Link
D-Link always tries to make out Internet centers as clearly as possible and simply, and the current version of the Air can be considered almost reference and standardized. Blocking Wi-Fi clients is done like this:
- After authorization, change the language into Russian to easier to navigate in the main menu items.
- Then open the "Wi-Fi" section, in which all subsequent actions will be performed.
- Expand the "List of Wi-Fi Customer" section to play the network status monitoring and reveal which of the devices you want to disable and block.
- In the table, see the client list. Each of them will have its own unique MAC address as well as certain statistics. Determine the desired device is the easiest way to range and connectivity. After it remains only to copy its MAC address.
- Now in the same section, move to the MAC filter menu.
- Expand the Mac filter limit mode drop-down menu.
- There, select "Prohibit".
- In the Mac Filter menu, select the "MAC Addresses" subcategory.
- Delete any table entries if they are present, and then click on the Add button.
- Insert the MAC address copied earlier.
- Click on the "Apply" button so that all changes entered into force.
- Usually, the client disconnection occurs immediately, but if it is still listed in the list of connected, restart the router in a convenient way and check the active customers.
Additionally, we specify that only in certain models of routers from D-Link under this table can be found "Disconnect" . Pressing it automatically breaks the connection to a specific user. We did not tell about this method in detail, because now only units will be able to realize it.
Locking all the goals specified in the list viewed will be permanent, so if you want to remove the restriction, you have to open the table and edit it, removing the corresponding records from there.
Option 2: TP-LINK
TP-LINK is one of the most famous manufacturers of network equipment, which is proposed by default by certain providers when connecting to the network. Let's take the example of the last global version of the web interface, as a Wi-Fi network client is blocked here.
- After authorization, open the "Wireless Mode" section by clicking on the Line on the left pane. If the router functions at two different frequencies, you will have to additionally specify which of the access points you want to choose.
- Next, go to the category "Wireless Statistics" category.
- Here look at the list of devices and copy the MAC address of the one you want to block and disable from the Internet.
- Move in the MAC Address Filtering menu.
- Turn on the rule by clicking on a specially designated button, and then mark the "Prohibit" item to set the behavior for it.
- Click "Add" to go to the introduction of new equipment to the list of prohibited.
- Insert the MAC address in the field, add any description to the "Status" in the "Status" field. Next, it remains only to click on "save".
In mandatory, make a restart of the router if the selected computer or the mobile device was not disconnected from the network automatically. After that, it remains only to re-take a look at the client list to make sure the rule is correct.
Option 3: ASUS
Finally, we left the models of routers from ASUS, as they have the most unique presentation of web interfaces from all those considered, which will help users to navigate and interact with similar graphics menus. The principle of blocking customers of a wireless network here is practically no different from the algorithms already considered, but there are also their own characteristics.
- To begin with, turn on the Russian localization of the Internet center to easier to deal with all those present items.
- In the "Network Map" section, click on the "View list" button, which is under the inscription "Customers".
- In the menu that appears, see the list of devices and copy the MAC address of the required. As you can see on the screenshot below, each hardware has its own icon, its name is also determined, and the interface to which the device is connected to the right is displayed.
- After copying the MAC address, close this list and move to the "Wireless Network" section through the "Advanced Settings" block.
- Click the Wireless Mac Address Filter tab.
- Select the appropriate range if the router functions at two different frequencies. Then mark the "Yes" marker near the MAC-Address Filter item.
- After that, a table with a choice of customers will appear on the screen. Expand the list or insert a copied MAC address in the string.
- If the name of the desired equipment is displayed in the list, simply select it, and then click on the plus icon to apply the rule to this device.
- As you can see, now the selected client is displayed in the table.
The functioning of the rules of the firewall in the firmware of the routers from ASUS implies an automatic shutdown of the target if it has been added to the blacklist. In the case when this did not happen automatically, simply restart the router to update the configuration, which we have already written above.
We just figured out three different options for disconnecting users from Wi-Fi through the router settings, taking over an example different web interface views. You only have to realize these instructions in life, producing the same actions in the settings of the router used.