Wireless Card Access List and Airport Extreme ?

I would like to know if there is a possility to restrict to specific MAC adresses the access to a Airport Extreme N base station wifi network .
Thanks

Access control MAC address filtering) provides no real security and could lull you into the feeling that your wireless network is secure.
The MAC addresses of connected clients are easily discovered and cloned. Furthermore, access control provides zero protection for the actual wireless traffic. Anyone (regardless of MAC address) can monitor the wireless traffic.

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