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MAC address ACL kills connection
Our WN1000RP loses Internet connectivity every time I enable MAC address ACL on our NETGEAR WGR614 router, even though I've added the WN1000RP's MAC address to the router's access control list. As...
Hi RaleighJ,
The reason why the connectivity between the router and the extender will not work after enabling ACL is because of MAC addresses that you provided on the ACL table. Please take note that the Booster/Extender will create a virtual MAC Address for itself and each device connected to it. This would mean that you will need to add these Virtual MAC address on the ACL table to make extender working. Please add both MAC Address from PDF which begins with 02:0F:B5 and the Booster's MAC begins with 44:94:FC. To create a virtual MAC address for the device connected to the booster, kindly check the physical address and change the first 6 digit with 02:0F:B5. This should be added to the ACL table to make those devices working.
The reason why the connectivity between the router and the extender will not work after enabling ACL is because of MAC addresses that you provided on the ACL table. Please take note that the Booster/Extender will create a virtual MAC Address for itself and each device connected to it. This would mean that you will need to add these Virtual MAC address on the ACL table to make extender working. Please add both MAC Address from PDF which begins with 02:0F:B5 and the Booster's MAC begins with 44:94:FC. To create a virtual MAC address for the device connected to the booster, kindly check the physical address and change the first 6 digit with 02:0F:B5. This should be added to the ACL table to make those devices working.