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XR500
I like to whitelist some Mac addresses but I can't seem to find the option on the router software. Any Ideas?
There is no option to do that on the XR500, what is the reason you like to do that? Perhaps I can think of an alternative that achieves the same outcome.
I need to block some devices from using the network... At my home, I have a business and a Home network. My kids keep using the business and not the home. Even if I change the password they keep at it. So I was going to use the Mac address to block the devices plus around my neighborhood we have some hackers and can use it that way too.
- Devices like iPhones, Android phones and even Windows devices connecting via WiFi all have an option now for private/randomized MAC addresses for when they connect to a WiFi network so each time they connect it will appear like a new device so that wouldn't really work.
What I would suggest would be to make them disable those options, get all the devices you want to connect to the network connected, give them all reserved/static IP addresses then disable DHCP. That way only devices who have those IPs can connect. There is a workaround for everything though, they could set a static IP on the device itself that they want to connect with, just depends if they know to/how. Coupled with very strong WiFi/interface passwords that's probably the best you can do. You can use the Device Manager to block a specific device as well if needed.
