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donfisher
Aspirant
May 11, 2011

WN3000RP - purchase and review

I've been waiting for the WN3000RP since CES in January. Supposedly available but not seeing on any of the major web sites - Amazon, Frys Electronics, BestBuy. Have found on some web sites that not ...
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tag824
Aspirant
Jul 26, 2011
rlh wrote:
Solved the MAC Address filtering issue. The Extender sends a "virtual MAC address" to the Router, which is basically adds 2 to the first hex address pair, e.g. if the wireless device's MAC address is "10:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn", the virtual MAC address is "12:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn". These "virtual" MAC addresses must be entered into the MAC filter list of the Router, along with the actual MAC address of the Range Extender. It DOES work. BTW, I found it much easier to play with the Range Extender's settings by using a computer attached directly to the Router and typing in the Extender's IP address.
rlh, Thank you! :D After looking at the attached devices list I see the virtual IP's you mentioned and setup my main AP with them for the WN3000RP as well as my other devices and got everything working. :)