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madben
Aug 25, 2022Tutor
To use Access Control, please use the Orbi App.
I used to be able to choose whether I want to block or allow new devices from accessing the network under Advances-->Securities-->Access Control. But now it shows the following message only. Why can'...
plemans
Aug 25, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Not sure what orbi you have but my RBKE963 still allows me to use the access control feature through the browser
- madbenAug 26, 2022Tutor
plemans thanks for your reply. My router is RBR750. The access control page changed after I started the parent control trial.
Did you prescribe the parent control service or have you started trial?
- plemansAug 26, 2022Guru - Experienced User
I don't currently use parental controls.
- madbenAug 30, 2022TutorThat explains why you can stilll use the access control page, because you are not using the parent control feature on your app.
Is there anyway to turn on "don't allow new devices to join network"? Many phones nowadays allow private access to Wifi, which means kids can just rejoin the wifi network with a different faked Mac address, and the router would treat it as a new device regardless the restrictions set up in parent control.