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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...
I have now downgraded both the Router and the Satellite to Version 2.1.4.16 and everything seems to be back to normal.
I have been contacted by support and they tried to reach me while I was travelling and couldn't respond to their ticket. So after I got back I responded and was asked for a call back time and still nothing. Support is either understaffed or they just can't do anything about it. This is clearly a firmware issue. Engineering should revert the changes back that were made to access control. I also noticed that the Firmware seems to cause network issues as my streaming gets affected over time and the previous version had zero issues.
Will keep an eye on the downgraded setup and if any changes will update this thread, for now I would suggest to downgrade if you have issues.
I returned the Orbi for a refund and replaced it with a single Synology Router. I get faster speeds on wifi than with the Orib mesh and the software, including MAC filtering, works as designed.
Netgear support never responded to ANY of my tickets - only sent me surveys on their support. So, I'm done with Netgear.