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Disabling Virtual Mac Address
Ok, this is really annoying. How do I disable the virtual mac address assignments given to devices connecting up to my range extender? There's got to be a way. This is screwing up my IP address assignments on my R8000 router which is apparently based off mac addresses. Are you (netgear) seriously telling me I need to get every "virtual mac address" from each of the extenders, for each device? Is the virtual mac address sticky between extenders for the same device? If I have a laptop with mac address ABC.... I used that to assign an IP address to it on my router. If I have 10 range extenders.... and that laptop moves between range exenders -- how do I keep that laptop assigned to a single IP address as it disconnects and reconnects between extenders???
Well, obviously this is going to go nowhere. I'm returning it to the store. Rediculous. So unfortunate as this is a neat little gadget with a small footprint. I'll go back to using my old router as a repeater. Much more useful.
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...And on top of that, the router won't let me assign the same IP address on the network for a second mac address. This is rediculous. Why is the "virtual mac address" even a feature at all? Why can't you just use the actual mac address of the device?!?
Well, obviously this is going to go nowhere. I'm returning it to the store. Rediculous. So unfortunate as this is a neat little gadget with a small footprint. I'll go back to using my old router as a repeater. Much more useful.