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Netgear R6300 doesn't block LAN for connected Netgear EX7000 extender?

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Ant

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Feb 8, 2020, 2:52:06 AM2/8/20
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Hello.

I have my Netgear EX7000 extender connect to my old Netgear R6300 v1.0
router's secured guest WAPs. I also have the router to not let guests
access My Local Network for internal security from guest users.

When connected with extender, my wireless devices can access my LAN
devices including the router. If I power off the extender, my wireless
devices connect to my router's guest WAPs and can't access my local
network.

Both hardwares have the (lat/new)est stock firmwares. Did I miss
something? What's going on? :(

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
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Grant Taylor

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Feb 8, 2020, 4:28:36 PM2/8/20
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On 2/8/20 12:52 AM, Ant wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have my Netgear EX7000 extender connect to my old Netgear R6300 v1.0
> router's secured guest WAPs. I also have the router to not let guests
> access My Local Network for internal security from guest users.
>
> When connected with extender, my wireless devices can access my LAN
> devices including the router. If I power off the extender, my wireless
> devices connect to my router's guest WAPs and can't access my local
> network.
>
> Both hardwares have the (lat/new)est stock firmwares. Did I miss
> something? What's going on? :(
>
> Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

My best guess is that you are using some sort of isolation feature on
the AP / router that prevents the guests from accessing the LAN and that
this same feature isn't being used on the extender. Or that the
extender is itself joining as a normal device to the main AP / router
and allowing the extenders clients to appear as normal clients to the AP
/ router.



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Ant

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Feb 8, 2020, 5:07:42 PM2/8/20
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Is there a way to check? I noticed the extender uses virtual MAC
addresses for connected wireless devices.
https://s19.directupload.net/images/200208/z4s34gpn.gif for my
extender's connected devices if they help at all.

Grant Taylor

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Feb 9, 2020, 4:06:23 PM2/9/20
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On 2/8/20 3:07 PM, Ant wrote:
> Is there a way to check? I noticed the extender uses virtual MAC
> addresses for connected wireless devices.

I don't know.

I'd suggest a Netgear support forum might be better able to answer your
questions.

Ant

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Feb 9, 2020, 6:42:12 PM2/9/20
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Grant Taylor <gta...@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
> On 2/8/20 3:07 PM, Ant wrote:
> > Is there a way to check? I noticed the extender uses virtual MAC
> > addresses for connected wireless devices.

> I don't know.

> I'd suggest a Netgear support forum might be better able to answer your
> questions.

Yeah, I did in https://community.netgear.com/t5/WiFi-Range-Extenders-Nighthawk/Netgear-R6300-doesn-t-block-LAN-for-connected-Netgear-EX7000/td-p/1859000. :(
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