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ibanezdropd
Jun 06, 2020Follower
Orbi access control randomly blocking devices
My orbi has randomly started blocking devices in the access control list since the last two firmware updates. When it switches them it is annoying, but easily fixed. However, with the latest firmw...
FURRYe38
Jun 07, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Has IP addresss reservations been setup for each device your trying to control?
Try a factor reset and setup from scratch and setup IP address reservatsion for the devices you wan to control then configure the control.
ibanezdropd wrote:My orbi has randomly started blocking devices in the access control list since the last two firmware updates. When it switches them it is annoying, but easily fixed. However, with the latest firmware update today it has started blocking wireless devices, but still leaves their status as "Allowed". My only option to change it to "allow all new devices".
Please fix this issue. It only seems to affect wirelss devices.