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Remote VPN access with access control
I've just installed a two-station Orbi 770 in an environment that is remote from my office requires using MAC-number based access control to allow only authorized users without constantly changin...
The Orbi provides wifi access for student tenants at a small apartment building I manage. Access control lets me limit access to my tenants, rather than the tons of other students in the neighborhood, without the inconvenience (to my tenants) of a regularly changing password. But it would be very convenient for me to be able to manage the network remotely, including adding new devices for my tenants when they request it.
The Orbi provides wifi access for student tenants at a small apartment building I manage. Access control lets me limit access to my tenants, ...
...so no way around on MANAGING access control if you really want to enable it.
Are you giving them OpenVPN (bridged!) access to your network?
Usign OpenVPN in TAP or TUN mode?
without the inconvenience (to my tenants) of a regularly changing password
Seriously, are you sharing the (one and only!) Orbi admin password to users having access to your managed network by VPN?
But it would be very convenient for me to be able to manage the network remotely, including adding new devices for my tenants when they request it.
New devices (== new tenants) with new MAC address each?
And you seriously share the VPN access, which is clearly done for a single user, based on a shared admin password? ROFL, sorry.
Last but not least? The tables on this consumer class models are limited, the number of IP adddresses, and MAC addresses you can add to the Access Control is limited.
Wrong product, for the wrong purpose. Its clearly a single user, consumer class device. Good luck!