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chunkyks
May 29, 2017Guide
Access Control doesn't Control Access
There are discussions on this forum going back several years [I'll paste a few links at the bottom], but the resolution still seems unclear and dissatisfactory. I went into access controls, and b...
- Dec 18, 2017
I eventually contacted Netgear's security support email, and got the reply that this is as expected. Apparently this is a feature, and not going to be fixed.
Netgear should be ashamed.
JamesGL
Oct 17, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi chunkyks,
The Access control has different mechanism. It will still be connected to the network but no internet access.
chunkyks
Oct 17, 2017Guide
In other words, it doesn't actually block devices from getting on my network. Got it.
Is netgear planning on fixing this so it actually works as expected, like all other vendors devices?