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stevefxp
Apprentice
Apr 30, 2019
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Explicit MAC Filtering

Hello all,

Is there a way to explicitly exclude a MAC from connecting to my Orbi Wifi? I do not see a way to enter a MAC, so that it would be excluded.

 

Thanks,

Steve

  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    May 01, 2019
    stevefxp wrote:

    Is there a way to explicitly exclude a MAC from connecting to my Orbi Wifi? I do not see a way to enter a MAC, so that it would be excluded.

    I think this is the intended purpose of Access Control.  Under the "Advanced" tab, select Security, then Access Control.  At the bottom of the screen is where devices which may NOT connect are entered by MAC address.

     

    (Caveat) My understanding is that Access Control was reported not to work correctly in previous firmware versions.  I have never tried it (before today).  I am not charging an old smartphone, have entered the MAC address into the table, and will "see what happens" once it gets charged.

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  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    May 01, 2019
    stevefxp wrote:

    Is there a way to explicitly exclude a MAC from connecting to my Orbi Wifi? I do not see a way to enter a MAC, so that it would be excluded.

    I think this is the intended purpose of Access Control.  Under the "Advanced" tab, select Security, then Access Control.  At the bottom of the screen is where devices which may NOT connect are entered by MAC address.

     

    (Caveat) My understanding is that Access Control was reported not to work correctly in previous firmware versions.  I have never tried it (before today).  I am not charging an old smartphone, have entered the MAC address into the table, and will "see what happens" once it gets charged.

    • CrimpOn's avatar
      CrimpOn
      Guru - Experienced User
      May 01, 2019

      I think the answer is "yes".  My old smartphone "connected" to my Orbi, but also said, "no internet."  Nada.  I even tried connecting through an AP in the garage which has a different SSID.  No Joy.

       

      I have no idea if Access Control "works right" in all areas.  It appears to be able to block specific MAC addresses.  (I'm going to turn it back off now.)

      • stevefxp's avatar
        stevefxp
        Apprentice
        May 01, 2019

        I did not see the two sections at the bottom. Thanks for that!