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joshl
Oct 11, 2015Tutor
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...
- Oct 11, 2015
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.
nhann
Oct 19, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Doyna_Yar,
Which router is connected to the extender?
Are both your extender and router updated?
Doyna_Yar
Oct 20, 2015Aspirant
Router is D-Link DGL-4100 and access point is D-Link DAP-1522. Both have updated firmware. As for the extender I don't know as I've only had it a few days.