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R6700v3 limit on how many "allowed" MAC addresses can be specified
I am trying to add MAC addresses to be "allowed" in access control, but it appears that after a little over 100 addresses, it starts overwriting entries (w/o warning!). Is this a known limitation?
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jec249 wrote:I am trying to add MAC addresses to be "allowed" in access control, but it appears that after a little over 100 addresses, it starts overwriting entries (w/o warning!). Is this a known limitation?
In general, routers of the design era of the R6700 (2014) have a limitation of handling up to 50 devices. I have not been able to find this in writing today. In past revisions, it was stated on the product specification data sheet.
I am surprised you made it to a little over 100 before you ran in to issues.
Yeah, I'm not really surprised at the limit, but I am a bit ticked that it didn't notify me of a problem. It just kept taking more addresses as though they were being added correctly. I am not actually expecting it to handle 50 devices or anywhere near that. I have one device that randomizes its mac address over a range of 256 values.
