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Fix for Access Control Blocking?
I had this issue with my RS300 after firmware upgrade that seems to have broken the Access Control page. One of the symptoms is devices being shown blocked, but not on the connected devices page. What used to work on the Access Control page was to select the device and click allow, this no longer works. I found a work around, disconnect the device from the network, wait until it shows up on the previously allowed list (ya a blocked device shows up on the previously allowed list). copy the name and mac, and then remove and re-add it to the previously allowed list. Re-connect the device to the network. At least for me the device that was shown as blocked now shows as allowed. Go figure.
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The new device showed blocked in both attached devices and access control. After allowing the new device in access control, the new device still shows blocked in access control, but allowed in attached devices. For some reason my AP and phone where also blocked in access control, but show as allowed in attached devices. This was with Firefox. The above workaround still works. I am looking at reworking my network to relieve the RS300 of it's access control duties and just run Armor.
What browser are you using? Does this happen in other browsers?
What FW version was the RS updated too?
Currently using Vivaldi which is chrome based, I think it was working before the upgrade, also the firmware seemed very old before I upgraded which was odd because automatic update was enabled.
The current firmware is V1.5.0.22. I expect to receive a new device for the network next week so I can do some testing to see if the behavior is as expected or not.
Might try FireFox or MS Edge to compare results as well.
