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Access Control randomly blocking approved devices on V2.2.1.210
RBR50
After upgrading to the V2.2.1.210 router firmware, i'm finding that devices that have approved MacID addresses and have been previosly on the network for months are suddenly being blocked in...
Just to put a fine point on it, I went to confirm if it was just the web page mis-reporting bug or if it was REALLY blocking. Turns out that the iMac-wireless and my wireless Tivo were both marked blcoked when I returned to the admin console on Chrome. (not using mobile or iOS) I confirmed that they were both indeed really blocked, and unblocked them with the edit function, as the unblock checkbox was ineffective. Both were immediately restored. I have to say that it's truly annoying having to check back in and turn on my approved devices without a heads up that they were turned off. Now if there was some superduper cybersecurity Ai that thought that these devices were compromised and out of a abundance of caution it was killing the command and control I would be thrilled. But i'm sure thats not the case.
qtschlepper wrote:
Just to put a fine point on it, I went to confirm if it was just the web page mis-reporting bug or if it was REALLY blocking. Turns out that the iMac-wireless and my wireless Tivo were both marked blcoked when I returned to the admin console on Chrome. (not using mobile or iOS) I confirmed that they were both indeed really blocked, and unblocked them with the edit function, as the unblock checkbox was ineffective. Both were immediately restored. I have to say that it's truly annoying having to check back in and turn on my approved devices without a heads up that they were turned off. Now if there was some superduper cybersecurity Ai that thought that these devices were compromised and out of a abundance of caution it was killing the command and control I would be thrilled. But i'm sure thats not the case.
I'm having the same problems. I've had to turn off access control, which is VERY annoying.
mc64 wrote:
I'm having the same problems. I've had to turn off access control, which is VERY annoying.
I have the same issue.
I unblocked a device from my iPhone and the iPhone got blocked itself. When I went on my laptop to go to the portal, I could see that my iPhone was now blocked and the device I was trying to unblock initially was still blocked. When I went to unblock both, only my iPhone would unblock and the initial device would not no matter how many times I've tried. I had to resort to turning it off, can Netgear get their **bleep** together before releasing firmwares or at least not force it on us.
I now have an unfortunate side effect after this fix. The RBS50 satelight (#2 of 2) is now blocking access to the local net and generally causing havoc, including blocking out the laptop that was the dashboard controller via wi-fi, and casusing Chrome to report an man-in-the-midddle attack for any page you attepmt to reach. It shows having sync and a good connection 5G backbonem and a genuine good IP address issued by the RBR50, but after about an hour on-line locally attached devices can't get on to the net. If I power it down completely, the rest of the network and all the devices work fine without it. This is not good.
How is the satellite connected? wireless or wired?
If you updated to recent FW v.210, try enabling Daisy Chain. Some have mentioned that this seems to be working in reverse order, enabling means disabled actually.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-and-connection-problems-Skybell/m-p/1649275/highlight/true#M43001Do the satellites AND controlled devices have IP address reservations ON the router?
qtschlepper wrote:
I now have an unfortunate side effect after this fix. The RBS50 satelight (#2 of 2) is now blocking access to the local net and generally causing havoc, including blocking out the laptop that was the dashboard controller via wi-fi, and casusing Chrome to report an man-in-the-midddle attack for any page you attepmt to reach. It shows having sync and a good connection 5G backbonem and a genuine good IP address issued by the RBR50, but after about an hour on-line locally attached devices can't get on to the net. If I power it down completely, the rest of the network and all the devices work fine without it. This is not good.
FURRYe38 wrote:
How is the satellite connected? wireless or wired?
If you updated to recent FW v.210, try enabling Daisy Chain. Some have mentioned that this seems to be working in reverse order, enabling means disabled actually.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-and-connection-problems-Skybell/m-p/1649275/highlight/true#M43001Do the satellites AND controlled devices have IP address reservations ON the router?
qtschlepper wrote:
I now have an unfortunate side effect after this fix. The RBS50 satelight (#2 of 2) is now blocking access to the local net and generally causing havoc, including blocking out the laptop that was the dashboard controller via wi-fi, and casusing Chrome to report an man-in-the-midddle attack for any page you attepmt to reach. It shows having sync and a good connection 5G backbonem and a genuine good IP address issued by the RBR50, but after about an hour on-line locally attached devices can't get on to the net. If I power it down completely, the rest of the network and all the devices work fine without it. This is not good.
It's connected wirelessly, over the 5G backhaul. I do not have IP addresses reserved, they are getting random addresses assigned.