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How to block device for accessing LAN?
I can't find option to block an device from acessing LAN, or Mac address filtering. The only option i could find is "Access control" but i've tried and tested it, it only block internet access, not ...
For what it's worth, I believe you can block LAN access as follows (requires more admin attention when allowing new devices to access your LAN):
1. Choose an IP address range that covers only the number of devices you want to participate in your network.
- In LAN setup, if your starting IP address is 192.168.1.2, set the last component of the ending IP address to starting IP address + (#devices on your LAN) - 1. For example, if you have 20 devices that you want on your home network, set ending IP address to 192.168.1.21 (which is 2 + 20 -1).
2. Add an IP reservation for all devices that you want to participate in your network.
- In LAN setup, use address reservation to assign an IP address to the MAC address of each device on your network.
If any other device, wired or wireless, attempts to obtain an IP address, the router will not assign one because the IP address range is limited to the number of devices that already have all IP addresses in that range reserved.