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Access control page always shows one deviced blocked
On my access control page in the router one device always shows Blocked even though it's not blocked. I never set it to be blocked. If I remove the device the next one on the list shows blocked. I...
I have the same issue as well as the issue of being unable to rename the device.
They are wired devices connected via the satellite.
It also shows my Sonos wireless speaker as being wired!?
Lots of issues with the access controls list. I am not even sure why they incorporated support for the blocking of wired devices. I would think that physical security would mean that they could just simplify the access control to wireless. I would like to see them broken out if possible. ie Allow all new wired. Deny all new wireless.
I was very reliant on mac access control with my linksys. With the new Orbi I would hope I could at least do what I was doing on my 5+ year old linksys
Knock on wood.....but for the last 2 days, this anomoly seems to have been corrected....my phone no longer shows BLOCKED..it no longer shows as a WIRED device and it's mac address displays correctly.....I have made no setting changes to either my wifi system or my device....if anyone knows of something that was changed on Netgear's end, please let me know what it was, just for conversation sake if nothing else.
Ok...out of curiosity, I have now determined that the weird BLOCKED anomoly with my phone only happens when it is connected to one of my satellites....It shows that it is BLOCKED, WIRED, and the mac address is only an "S"...ONLY when it is attached to a satellite....everything is perfect when it is connected directly to the router...so, sorry if this is of no help to anyone, but I'm just putting it out there.