I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual. Big
mistake. I finally got everything working except I do not understand
why I can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the wireless.
Anybody have this router and solve the problem or is it not solvable?
except I do not understand why I can not use ACCESS CONTROL without
loosing the wireless.
I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual. Big
mistake. I finally got everything working except I do not understand why I can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the wireless. Anybody have this router and solve the problem or is it not solvable? Sorry to post this here but this where the most knowledgeable people reside.
I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual. Big
mistake. I finally got everything working except I do not understand
why I can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the wireless. Anybody
have this router and solve the problem or is it not solvable?
Sorry to post this here but this where the most knowledgeable people
reside.
Bill Bradshaw <bradshaw@gci.net> wrote:
I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual. Big
mistake. I finally got everything working except I do not understand
why I can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the wireless.
Anybody have this router and solve the problem or is it not solvable?
Don't have that router, but did find instructions on Access Control
at:
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1535/
Regardless of the fancy name, this looks to be nothing more than a firewalling feature to allow/block a list of devices by their MAC
addresses. Nothing mentioned there that the wi-fi antennae would get disabled.
VanguardLH wrote:
Bill Bradshaw <bradshaw@gci.net> wrote:
I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual. Big
mistake. I finally got everything working except I do not understand
why I can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the wireless.
Anybody have this router and solve the problem or is it not solvable?
Don't have that router, but did find instructions on Access Control
at:
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1535/
Regardless of the fancy name, this looks to be nothing more than a firewalling feature to allow/block a list of devices by their MAC addresses. Nothing mentioned there that the wi-fi antennae would get disabled.
I have been to that page but my setup program does show a screen like that. What is missing on mine is the ability to tell the control that I am using either wired or wireless.
I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual. Big
mistake.
I finally got everything working except I do not understand why I
can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the wireless.
Anybody have this router and solve the problem or is it not solvable?
VanguardLH wrote:
Bill Bradshaw <bradshaw@gci.net> wrote:
I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual. Big
mistake. I finally got everything working except I do not
understand why I can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the
wireless. Anybody have this router and solve the problem or is it
not solvable?
Don't have that router, but did find instructions on Access Control
at:
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1535/
Regardless of the fancy name, this looks to be nothing more than a
firewalling feature to allow/block a list of devices by their MAC
addresses. Nothing mentioned there that the wi-fi antennae would
get disabled.
I have been to that page but my setup program does show a screen like
that. What is missing on mine is the ability to tell the control that
I am using either wired or wireless.
I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual. Big
mistake. I finally got everything working except I do not understand why I can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the wireless. Anybody have this router and solve the problem or is it not solvable? Sorry to post this here but this where the most knowledgeable people reside.
On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 13:28:06 -0800, "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net>
wrote:
I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual. Big
mistake.
Circling back to the beginning of this thread, where in the setup
manual did you see that enabling Access Control, which others have
said is merely another name for MAC filtering, does it say that doing
so will disable WiFi?
I finally got everything working except I do not understand why I
can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the wireless.
Have you added your MAC address to the Allowed list?
What does "loosing the wireless" actually mean? Does it mean that
enabling the Access Control feature disables the router's WiFi, or
does it simply mean that you can no longer connect via WiFi?
Are you aware that MAC filtering is a very weak form of controlling
access to the router? If someone is inclined, it can be worked around
quite easily.
Anybody have this router and solve the problem or is it not solvable?
I figured it might be worthwhile to have you restate/clarify the
actual problem.
Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 13:28:06 -0800, "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net>
wrote:
I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual. Big
mistake.
Circling back to the beginning of this thread, where in the setup
manual did you see that enabling Access Control, which others have
said is merely another name for MAC filtering, does it say that doing
so will disable WiFi?
I finally got everything working except I do not understand why I
can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the wireless.
I had a problem getting wireless to work because I did not know you could
not have Access Control on to use it. I found that by searching the >internet and not from the TP-Link operating manual. Spent a lot of time >before I found that.
Have you added your MAC address to the Allowed list?
Everyting is listed by MAC address even the 2 switches and printer.
This router handles a network with 3 computers connected to it.
What does "loosing the wireless" actually mean? Does it mean that
enabling the Access Control feature disables the router's WiFi, or
does it simply mean that you can no longer connect via WiFi?
It does not disable the WiFi because I can see SSIDs including mine if they >are enabled. Just will not connect.
I do not normally publish my SSIDs.
So to let you use a Guest account I
have to provide both the SSID and password.
So when I try the wireless I enter the SSID and password but it will not >connect with ACESS CONTROL on.
Are you aware that MAC filtering is a very weak form of controlling
access to the router? If someone is inclined, it can be worked around
quite easily.
Anybody have this router and solve the problem or is it not solvable?
I figured it might be worthwhile to have you restate/clarify the
actual problem.
I also listed everything in the IP & MAC BINDING section.
It would nice if in these manuals they would explain how info entered in one >place applys to other data entry areas.
As time goes on hopefully I will understand more about the modem.
On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:10:49 -0800, "Bill Bradshaw"
<bradshaw@gci.net> wrote:
Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 13:28:06 -0800, "Bill Bradshaw"
<bradshaw@gci.net> wrote:
I purchased this ax3000 without first reading the setup manual.
Big mistake.
Circling back to the beginning of this thread, where in the setup
manual did you see that enabling Access Control, which others have
said is merely another name for MAC filtering, does it say that
doing so will disable WiFi?
I finally got everything working except I do not understand why I
can not use ACCESS CONTROL without loosing the wireless.
I had a problem getting wireless to work because I did not know you
could not have Access Control on to use it. I found that by
searching the internet and not from the TP-Link operating manual.
Spent a lot of time before I found that.
I don't think that's correct. See the message(s) from ...winston.
Have you added your MAC address to the Allowed list?
It sounds like you haven't done this step. You'd need to do it before
you enable Access Control, of course.
Everyting is listed by MAC address even the 2 switches and printer.
The switches and printer are unlikely to attempt to initiate access
to your router, so that's probably overkill.
This router handles a network with 3 computers connected to it.
What does "loosing the wireless" actually mean? Does it mean that
enabling the Access Control feature disables the router's WiFi, or
does it simply mean that you can no longer connect via WiFi?
It does not disable the WiFi because I can see SSIDs including mine
if they are enabled. Just will not connect.
See above. It sounds like you neglected to add your MAC address to
the Allowed list before you enabled Access Control. See ...winston's
posts for more info.
I do not normally publish my SSIDs.
That's annoying because it's inconveniences legitimate users without improving security, but it's not the problem here.
So to let you use a Guest account I
have to provide both the SSID and password.
My house is like a public coffee shop. We have the Guest SSID and
password written on a whiteboard in the kitchen. When guests come
over, I can just point to that whiteboard. The Guest network provides Internet access, but no access to my LAN. Yours is probably similar.
So when I try the wireless I enter the SSID and password but it will
not connect with ACESS CONTROL on.
Your MAC address needs to be in the Allowed list.
Are you aware that MAC filtering is a very weak form of controlling
access to the router? If someone is inclined, it can be worked
around quite easily.
Anybody have this router and solve the problem or is it not
solvable?
I figured it might be worthwhile to have you restate/clarify the
actual problem.
I also listed everything in the IP & MAC BINDING section.
I don't know what you mean by that but it's probably not significant.
It would nice if in these manuals they would explain how info
entered in one place applys to other data entry areas.
To be fair, no consumer equipment manufacturer probably wants to take
on the responsibility to fully educate the folks who buy that
company's equipment. The defaults usually work, and to go beyond that
some additional research might be required.
As time goes on hopefully I will understand more about the modem.
It's a router, not a modem. ;-)
It is modem and not a router.
There was 1 MAC I had not listed under access
control that was in my DHCP list. I did not list it because the name >referred to the Laptop and is not shown on the laptop tag. So I decided I >had nothing to loose by listing it as accessible. The wireless now works >with the ACCESS CONTROL set on. So I will search the MAC address on the >internet for info on what it is attached to.
Maybe the wireless in the
laptop. Sometimes I feel pretty dumb to getting this stuff figured out but
I always push until I beat it in submission.
Thanks for all your help and sticking with me.
You might be able to quickly see your laptop's MAC address by opening
a Command Prompt window (on the laptop, of course) and typing:
ipconfig /all | find "Physical"
VanguardLH wrote:
Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
You might be able to quickly see your laptop's MAC address by opening
a Command Prompt window (on the laptop, of course) and typing:
ipconfig /all | find "Physical"
"ipconfig /all" shows all your NICs. I have 2 wired in my desktop (so
it could be used as, say, a bridge). It also shows I have 3 wifi NICs,
and a Bluetooth NIC. So, you have to be sure which network adapter on
which to focus. You can see which got assigned an IP address, and which
did not.
winston mentioned getmac which I was not aware of. It shows the MAC
addresses, but also shows which ones are are connected, or not. New bit
of info to remember.
Try Powershell's
get-netadapter
Provides even more detail than getmac
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