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MAC addresses wrong, inconsistent !!
Hi, I am having [problems connecting to the extender when I have MAC filtering, access control, swicthed on in my Netgear router. The MAC addresses listed on the back of the box state they shoul...
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!! FYI !!
Even a direct wired connection from a device to the extender gets assigned a virtual MAC. The wired connection also causes an additional MAC address to appear in the MAC lists (eg 02:01:03:05:07 with no name). This also needs adding to the access control list of the router.
!! FYI !!
Even a direct wired connection from a device to the extender gets assigned a virtual MAC. The wired connection also causes an additional MAC address to appear in the MAC lists (eg 02:01:03:05:07 with no name). This also needs adding to the access control list of the router.