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EX7000 Virtual MAC Address problems
I want to disable the EX7000's allocation of virtual MAC addresses to devices on my network but I cannot find anywhere how do do this. I am coming to the conclusion that it is not possible. The vir...
Check out the link below. If you have MAC Filtering enabled on your base router, just disable it. There is no Security in MAC Filtering. The best security is a strong password.
Thanks, but the issue does not have to do with MAC Filtering. I do not use MAC filtering on my router. The issue is getting the right IP Address allocated to the right device (which is done by the DHCP server based on MAC Address). The DHCP server can only reserve a single IP address to a single MAC address - a one-to-one relationship. The 'Virtual' MAC Address causes devices to have multiple MAC Addresses which then means single static IP address allocation is not possible automatically as far as I can see.
Yes, that's what the EX7000 and other extender's do. You can't remove the virtual mac address function. Not sure if it's an option for you, but the EX7000 does support AP mode.
No, AP mode is not an option - no wired network at the EX7000 location.
So in summary, there is no solution to my problem. Virtual MAC addresses cannot be turned off so there is no way for the DHCP server to allocate the same reserved IP addresses to wireless devices across the Wi-Fi and extended Wi-Fi networks. Either each wireless device must be set to manual IP address (not using the DHCP server) OR the DHCP server has to have two IP addresses reserved for each device.