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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) ran...
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.
Thanks, but those are basically the instructions I already followed, and doing it again didn't change the outcome. I'm not sure I understand the role of the "wired computer connected to the router" though. There are clearly two devices involved in these instructions, but they don't actually say which device to use for each step. I assume the "wired" device is for turning access control off, adding the MACs, and turning access control back on. I'm not sure why the device has to be wired for that - a wireless device connected to the original network seems like it would do the same thing.
If anyone has any other suggestions I'm all ears. This is so far way, way harder than it should be.
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.
That's interesting, but I'd still like this to work as advertised...
Hi joshl,
After replacing the extender to the EX2700, was the router reset to factory defaults?
See page 27 of 35: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WPN824N/WPN824N_SM_25NOV2009.pdf
Are both the router and extender running latest firmware?