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piyopiyo320
Aspirant
Oct 19, 2025

Access Control - Nighthawk RS600 "Whack-a-mole"

Router Firmware Version V1.0.5.12   I am using a Nighthawk RS600 along with a BE5000 (version EXS27 firmware v1.0.1.34) WiFi Extender. The issue that I am running into is that when I turn on Access...
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piyopiyo320
Aspirant
Oct 19, 2025

We manually updated the firmware to the latest. Unfortunately, even with the extender unplugged, the Xbox was still showing as 'Blocked' even after changing setting to 'Allowed'

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 20, 2025

I recommend factory reset the router then setup from scratch. 

Set up some IP address reservations for devices that your trying to use with Access Controls. 

piyopiyo320 wrote:

We manually updated the firmware to the latest. Unfortunately, even with the extender unplugged, the Xbox was still showing as 'Blocked' even after changing setting to 'Allowed'