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RBK852 - Lock Down Wifi Network?
Hello, new Orbi owner here! So far very happy with the speeds, but I do have a question: The last time I had an Orbi years ago, MAC filtering existed in the web interface. When I go to Advanced -> ...
Thanks, I had a feeling that was the case. Is there any way to prevent any further devices from being added to the wifi network (i.e. if the device doesn't already exist, it won't allow others to connect)?
I dont' believe so. Having apps like Armor would help notify you if a new device being connected or got connected I believe.
Something to check on over in the Armor foum if want too:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Armor/bd-p/en-home-armor
https://www.netgear.com/landings/armor
The few times I used Armor I saw notifications of new devices had connected. I don't use it much since my household is all adults.
If your finding un-authorized devices connecting to the system, you might start finding out where and why these are being connected. Is the SSID password being given out when it shouldn't be? Might change the PW and both SSID and PW and see if something changes...user complaints?
Thanks. I have Netgear Armor so I get the notifications. To answer your other question, it would be my kids giving the main wifi SSID out (sharing it from iPhone, etc.) when they have friends over. Sometimes they just forget to give the guest info out (as its very easy to just share the wifi from an iphone, which on my kids' devices would be the main network).
Id be interested in your thoughts on this workaround: I also have Parental Controls (Really just to filter some apps and such). I wonder if I can move all of my "approved" network devices to a new Profile, and set the default "Home" profile with full restrictions (i.e. not allow any internet use). This way, any new device joining the main network would be essentially blocked from doing anything until I add them to one of the other profiles. Not exactly VLAN tagging from a security perspective, but it should keep the kids from sharing out the main network :) Thoughts?