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EX2700 won't connect to router when router access control is on
Hi,
I have a Netgear WPN824N router with Access Control set up. My phone's MAC address is in the router's filter table and has worked fine for several years. I just purchased an N300 (EX2700) range extender. I can connect to the extender network with my phone (and view web pages, etc.) when Access Control on the router is off. However, when I turn Access Control back on, I can no longer connect to the Internet via the extender network. I have already added the phone's translated MAC address to the router's filter table. For good measure, I've also added the N300's MAC address to the filter table, but no matter what, I can't connect to the Internet via the extender with Access Control on the router turned on.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
J
If you are using Access Control as a form of security, then I wouldn't bother using it. Any competent hacker can trivially bypass it. There are literally tons of articles that explain how. Here is one article. To be fair, the article does admit that Access Control could be used to limit Wi-Fi access for kids. My $0.02.
