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ronin8600's avatar
ronin8600
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Apr 14, 2017

Orbi Wireless MAC Filter when in access point mode

My Orbi is in access point mode and it appears that I do not have access to setting up the wireless mac filter.

 

When I go to Advanced->Security the "Access Control" menu link is greyed out.  

 

Is this a known issue? 

Troubleshooting

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  • DarrenM's avatar
    DarrenM
    Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
    Apr 17, 2017

    Hello ronin8600

     

    When it AP mode all that would be handled by your main router.

     

    DarrenM

    • ronin8600's avatar
      ronin8600
      Initiate
      Apr 19, 2017

      Hi Darren,

       

      Thank you for the response.

       

      I thought that in AP mode the access point would still handle the MAC filtering since it is handling the wireless devices connecting to the network.  I had been using an Asus A66U that is in AP mode and it allowed my use MAC filtering.

      • D_SanDiego's avatar
        D_SanDiego
        Initiate
        Sep 04, 2017

        I too was expecting to be able to apply wireless MAC address filtering to restrict which devices can connect to my Wi-Fi network.  I've had that ability in all of the Wi-Fi routers/access points I've had (Linksys, Asus, etc).  I'm rather disappointed that this is not supported by Netgear Orbi when configured as an access point.

        Will Netgear please consider enabling that capability in AP mode?  So far I like the Orbi coverage and speed but am not sure I want to keep it since I feel more secure with wireless MAC filtering.

        Thanks!