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bertschj's avatar
bertschj
Aspirant
Jan 08, 2015

Connect to WiFi via MAC address security?

Have WN3000RP and added it's MAC address to my router. With MAC filtering on, I cannot connect to WN3000RP and get Internet. If I remove filtering, it works fine.

Is there a way to make this work?

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2 Replies

  • fordem's avatar
    fordem
    Mentor
    Jan 08, 2015
    I'm assuming you have MAC filtering enabled on the router - which will not see the MAC address of the wireless client when it's connected to the extender, as the packets will have the MAC address of the extender, so make sure you put the extender's MAC address in the list. Having said that, I want to make sure you know that MAC filtering is generally a waste of time - it provides no security and anyone with the knowledge can get past it in less time than it takes you to read this.
  • noriga's avatar
    noriga
    Novice
    Mar 07, 2015
    Posted the same question here as having the same issue.

    I have also tried adding the WN3000RPv2 mac address to my router mac address list but this does not help.

    Bridge is restored as soon as I disable the mac filtering on the router
    Strange as it should not happen although the all thing as Fordem replied is not a strong security mechanism at all but it's nice to have.