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ronin8600's avatar
ronin8600
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Apr 13, 2017

Orbi Wireless MAC Filter when in access point mode

My Orbi is in access point mode and it appears that I do not have access to setting up the wireless mac filter.   When I go to Advanced->Security the "Access Control" menu link is greyed out.     ...
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DarrenM's avatar
DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Apr 17, 2017

Hello ronin8600

 

When it AP mode all that would be handled by your main router.

 

DarrenM

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ronin8600
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Apr 18, 2017

Hi Darren,

 

Thank you for the response.

 

I thought that in AP mode the access point would still handle the MAC filtering since it is handling the wireless devices connecting to the network.  I had been using an Asus A66U that is in AP mode and it allowed my use MAC filtering.