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Controlling incoming access to router. How to block using Mac address when using Nighthawk app
Hello, looking at my log I can see that a particular Mac address has tried endlessly to log into my router. My router (RAX45) has a button for "Access Control" but it is not accessible because I'm us...
907 wrote:
Hello, looking at my log I can see that a particular Mac address has tried endlessly to log into my router. My router (RAX45) has a button for "Access Control" but it is not accessible because I'm using the Nighthawk app.
The mobile app lets you get at only some of the router's settings.
A wired browser has more control. You can even use a browser to access the router over wifi.
Hello, looking at my log I can see that a particular Mac address has tried endlessly to log into my router.
Could be any number of things. An IoT devices or some other wifi clients. Try searching for its mac address. That will at least give some clues as to who made it.
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907 wrote:
Even under these conditions when I want to access the screen that allows you to block a device based upon its MAC address, the screen is not accessible to me.
That's odd. What happens when you try to get in with the browser?
What firmware version do you have on the device?
A number is more useful than "the latest". (It may not be by the time people read this.) There can also be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware in the browser interface.
It might also help if you told people what the modem is in front of this router, if there is one. The model number could be useful. Is it, by any chance, also a router, with a set of LAN ports on the back?
The reason for asking is that a lot of people turn up here trying to put a router behind a modem that is also a router. That can complicate troubleshooting.
Can't you do it through Access Control? Works fine on my RAX43