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R6300 access control list has an invisible size limit
I have an R6300 router, and I use the access control list feature. We have a lot of devices, and by the time we add family visiting, it adds up even more. For some time now, I've noticed that there s...
Wouldn't say it's a bug. More like memory management on the router. It's like anything on the router - port foward, address reservation. It all has a maximum space allocation. You hit yours. You could always run your extender in AP mode, that way youwouldn't have to contend with the Virtual MAC Addresses, or turn MAC ACL off, and use a strong wifi passphrase..
Wouldn't say it's a bug. More like memory management on the router. It's like anything on the router - port foward, address reservation. It all has a maximum space allocation. You hit yours. You could always run your extender in AP mode, that way youwouldn't have to contend with the Virtual MAC Addresses, or turn MAC ACL off, and use a strong wifi passphrase..
Thanks. I'll try that. It's also occurred to me that I could probably activate the guest devices and throw the occasional users onto them. They don't need to be on my internal network anyway.
You're probably right about the memory allocation, although I would have hoped that I'd get a warning if that happened. Apparently not.
I already have a strong passphrase, but I'd like to keep the ACL if I can. I'm suspicious like that.
.....Ron