R8000P - Can't add a DHCP reservation for any MAC (Invalid MAC!)

[PeterMarc]

I apologize for not participating in the discussion, but I've bought a different router and the one this thread is about is sitting on a shelf. I didn't have the energy or time to wait for a solution. I will definitely not buy any more products from this company.

Take care, best regards. 

Peter

[FURRYe38]

Did you not get the beta that fixed this? 

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@PeterMarc wrote:

I apologize for not participating in the discussion, but I've bought a different router and the one this thread is about is sitting on a shelf. I didn't have the energy or time to wait for a solution. I will definitely not buy any more products from this company.

Take care, best regards. 

Peter

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[GISGuy76]

I don't think there is a beta release due to the lack of someone actually posting a link to it. Netgear really needs to post a new firmware release that actually corrects the issue. They are well aware of this issue and have chosen to ignore it for now.

[FURRYe38]

There IS beta FW that fixes this. Been out for a while now. Ya I agree, NG should just release it in the next FW update. If there will be one. 🙄

[GISGuy76]

Do you have a direct link to the beta version of the firmware that you can send me? Thanks.

[will40]

Can you PM to me as well?

Thank you

[xlonguyenx]

Can you also sent me the update firmware to fix address reservation issue

[moosiemate]

Having the same issue, and NetGear support is acting in a chat like they know nothing about this or anything related. Can someone please help and pass forward the link to the beta so I can fix my router? Thanks if someone can assist.

[jimp99]

Yeah, I can see that from lots of messages.

As I haven't seen a post with a link to the beta firmware, what do I need to do to actually GET the beta?

[BurhanS]

Hey, 

Can someone PM me the beta firmware please.

Same as everyone else...Having issues using MAC address reservation.

TY

[JerkIslandBoi]

Hi,

I am having this same issue.  I saw you sent PM to several folks.  Can you help me with this.

Thanks

[Burnt_45]

Would I be able to get a link to his beta as well?

Thanks!

[xlonguyenx]

I haven't received anything from anyone yet.  Is this Sharing link for beta still offering can someone help?

[Masterp]

Good Afternoon, I have the same issue and finally decided to stop working around it. can you please send me the beta FW? my Router is the R8000P

[amatulic]

@FURRYe38 you seem to be the only one who is actually aware of the existence of a beta release. You keep saying there is a beta, so why not post the link? I'm finding reports of this MAC address error from over a year ago. This is affecting me also. A critical function of any router is the ability to assign an address to a specific device, and this functionality is broken.

[rmensah17]

I am trying to reserve IP address on my R8000P router by it always keeps failing saying invalid MAC address. this is driving me crazy. Below is my firmware details:

Firmware Version
V1.4.4.94_1.3.56

[rmensah17]

My DHCP IP reservation keeps failing with Invalid MAC address.

please help:

Firmware Version
V1.4.4.94_1.3.56