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Nighthawk App - Feature Request
I would like to have the ability to see the following in the Device Manager: List of allowed devices not currently connected to the network List of blocked devices not currently connected to the n...
I BLOCKED my phone from connecting. The PHONE IS blocked. The Wireless icon is still there, but there is a 'small' ! to the right. Phone IP Address is 165.0.0.2? Tried to use the web, it says it is BLOCKED BY THE ROUTER ACCESS CONTROL..
On my R8000!!!
When I then ALLOWED it, phone wireless access returned.
My guess is that the phone will default to cellular when it cannot access the Internet. Can you confirm that setting is disabled?
MattMatt wrote:I BLOCKED my phone from connecting. The PHONE IS blocked. The Wireless icon is still there, but there is a 'small' ! to the right. Phone IP Address is 165.0.0.2? Tried to use the web, it says it is BLOCKED BY THE ROUTER ACCESS CONTROL..
On my R8000!!!
When I then ALLOWED it, phone wireless access returned.
My guess is that the phone will default to cellular when it cannot access the Internet. Can you confirm that setting is disabled?
I think the Phone still thought it was connected to the router, it never itself disconnected. The SSID is still SEEN, but it can't connect. It is set to connect to it when it sees the SSID. The fact that it can't connect may have it continually retrying, so it WILL not switch to cell service.
Same goes for my iPad and PC. That is also why once the block/pause is removed the connection is automatically restored.
Maybe different phones operate differently?
All I know is that not what devices, phone, iPad, or PC, is denied access, it has NONE. No app, program, nor Windows command, can assess ANY LAN resources.