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Access Control randomly blocking approved devices on V2.2.1.210
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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...
qtschlepper I realize I am responding a a long time after this thread was started, but in case it helps others, here goes...
I ran into the same problem a couple of weeks ago. I discovered a pattern, and was able to solve it (so far). I noticed that a common element of the entries that were blocked was that I had approved the newly-added devices from Orbi iOS (iPhone) app. So, disconnected the ones that were having the problem. Then, from the Web interface, I deleted the two access control entries corresponding to the downed machines, I then manually created "Allowed" entries for those machines (by MAC address), and then broght them back up. And all is well.
This suggests (does not prove) that the culpret was the iOS app -- that by allowing them via that app, I created corrupted entries in the Access Control table. Clearly more research is needed, I would hope someone from Netgear might look into this.
Unfortunately in my case I don't have an iOS device to blaim. I did all my additions through the web portal. I find at after perfectly stable connected devices that amy be working for weeks suddenly just disconnect and I need to go to the portal and re-admit them. What's new is that now, one of the satelights causes the entire network to become unstable. I finally powered it down and eveything returned to normal. This continued, after the most recent firmware update V2.3.1.48 I was hoping would put a fork in the situation and finally bring it to an end, but no joy. So I paid for a 3 point system and I run on two, with occational drops of my devices. And yes using the "allowed" interface eventually works, but only after 2-3 tries for me.
What a joke, this 'premium' product has been out for years. Netgear, killing itself one customer at a time.
Yea, maybe its time to pull the Costco card and just return it and start over.
It's the brute force method, but I really don't want to add 56 MacID addresses into the next product, it's so painful. Yet, I have been amazingly patient and hopeful. Time to give it up. Can't wait for them to try and talk me into the next AX routers in the next product refresh so I can tell them what I think. (Yes please I'll take that web survey now.)