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Virtual MAC Addresses with Repeater
I have an RBK50 system and using an ASUS N66R as a repeater in an out building. The problem is I would like to assign static IP addresses to the devices hanging off of the repeater. The problem is all of the devices are seen with the same MAC address; the MAC address of the repeater. I have seen posts about assigning virtual MAC addresses but not sure if that's possible with the Orbi system.
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- It's the ASUS repeater which can or can't assign virtual MAC addresses, nothing to do with Orbi.
- An alternative is, instead of using DHCP address reservation in Orbi is to set static IP addresses in the devices, those addresses should -of course- be chosen to be outside the DHCP address range set in Orbi
- Do you have the possibility to run a cable from Orbi to the ASUS and use ASUS in AP mode instead? I think this will give you better visibility of the devices connected to ASUS from Orbi.
