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RAX45 Access Control Not Persistent - Allowed Devices get Blocked upon Router Restart
Greetings, At the moment, the access control feature of my RAX45 is enabled, and set to "Block all new devices from connecting". Whenever the router reboots, some of the "allowed" devices are droppe...
My RAX45 was not behaving right. For example, the allowed list and blocked list were identical. When a MAC address was deleted from blocked list, it would also delete from allowed list. So, I ended up resetting the router, and reconfiguring it again. So far, it is working fine, and there are just about 25 devices allowed. I have not configured the address reservation just yet.
Thank you for your responses and assistance.
The parameters are not clearly defined. Some background on Wi-Fi connections.
https://kb.netgear.com/24043/How-many-WiFi-client-devices-can-my-NETGEAR-router-support
My RAX45 was not behaving right. For example, the allowed list and blocked list were identical. When a MAC address was deleted from blocked list, it would also delete from allowed list. So, I ended up resetting the router, and reconfiguring it again. So far, it is working fine, and there are just about 25 devices allowed. I have not configured the address reservation just yet.
Thank you for your responses and assistance.