How to Create Machine Address Filter List on a Home Router ?

1. Click Start on your task bar.

2. Select Run.

3. Type in cmd. (This brings you to the command prompt). After running cmd, a window will pop out with black background and white words.

4. Type in ipconfig /all for Windows XP/2000/7, or winipcfg for Windows 9x/Me, then press enter. The first box in red is the mac address which we are going to need later.

5. Take note of the Default Gateway from cmd prompt. It should consist of various numbers.

6. Open any Internet browser, such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, or Safari.7Type in the numbers you see on the same row as the words Default Gateway then hit enter.some routers may use 192.168.1.10 (ZyXel), or 192.168.0.1 (D-Link). Once you hit enter you will be prompted for a username and password.

7. Enter the username and password. If you have not entered your wireless router interface before, the default username and password would be admin

8. Click on the Wireless tab then the Mac Filter sub tab

9. Select the Enable radio button and then select Permit only PCs listed to access the wireless network.

10. Select Mac Filter List. You will see list of boxes that are empty for you to fill in. You do not have to fill in every single box.

11. Check you Mac address (refer to step 1 to step 4), except instead of looking at you Default Gateway, you'll need to look at the Physical Address in cmd prompt.

12. Enter the Physical address into the list and scroll to the bottom to select save settings. Congratulations! You have enabled security on your wireless router so that other people will not be able to access it. No more lag and high latency for wireless internet gaming.