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Access Control Question 850
Earlier today I did a major reset on my router because it had my entire network totally blocked. So after re-starting everything I have been very carefully stepping through manual and all the differ...
Thanks to all for this discussion and my learnings. Much appreciated. While I'm labeled an "Aspirant" by this site my family feels I'm some sort of network nerd now which means I've achieved an important goal on my end. Thanks again!
The first list cannot be manipulated by the user because it is supposed to show every device that is currently connected. (it should match Attached Devices.)
The other two lists are "If these MAC addresses appear again, this is how they are supposed to be treated." Since I do not enable the feature, they are of no value to me.
If there are multiple speakers, they should have different IP addresses. There should not be two devices with different MAC addresses having the same IP address.
Yes, concerns over how the Orbi firmware reports information seem to be a significant percentage of questions on the Forum.
Thanks. I'll leave the feature off. I am hoping someone from Orbi would chime in. If you had witnessed what was going on with the list of blocked devices on my system the other night you would have sworn there must me ghosts in the system.
Something to review: https://community.netgear.com/discussions/home-cable-modems-routers/block-all-new-devices-from-connecting-blocks-all-devices/2333567/replies/2333803
