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Title: Invalid MAC Address - DIR 825
Post by: mickeymouse on December 20, 2010, 11:21:19 AM

I have a brother wireless printer that I was able to "reserve" a IP - 192.168.0.104. I needed to do this as all my PCs will have this setup (port/IP) for printing. The MAC address of Brother printer starts c4.

I have a DIR-655 router where I was able to "reserve" IPs. For some genius reason, DIR-825 put in a rule where you CANNOT reserve a IP if the MAC does not start with 00. I am not sure what the engineer was smoking when they put in this silly check.

When talked to second level of support, his advice was to mess with brother's IP settings and put a static IP address on it !! They are trying to make the wireless printer handle a feature that they have themselves disabled. He was not convinced that this is a incorrect additional check.

I am not a network guru to use VPN or PPOE or other settings. I needed just a couple of features and D-Link has removed some basic setup features. Whatever happened to "Listen to Customer"!

Title: Re: Invalid MAC Address - DIR 825
Post by: SirMaggot on December 24, 2010, 11:20:52 AM

Update your firmware to fix the bug.

Title: Re: Invalid MAC Address - DIR 825
Post by: whatever31415926535 on January 05, 2011, 10:31:24 AM

I encountered the same issue, among others, with a brand new DIR-825.  According to the router, its firmware version is 2.02NA, which is over a year and a half old and is the latest version.

Title: Re: Invalid MAC Address - DIR 825
Post by: SirMaggot on January 05, 2011, 11:35:54 PM

The mac issue is fixed in Firmware 2.05WW Build01 Beta01. (Im running this firmware)
But its beta, so beware.

2.05WW build05 Beta01 is the latest firmware. (I havent tried this)