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[Z.K.]

I just bought a new D-Link DLG-4500 router and it is a nice router though I think I like my old netgear slightly better.  I am having trouble using MAC Filtering.  I enable MAC Filtering, then I choose the device to add and click the add button, but nothing happens and then a while latter the router seems to lock up as I now do not have any Internet access so then I have to reset it to factory defaults and redo all my settings again.  I have done this 3 or 4 times now and have had no success.

Any idea how to get MAC Filtering to work or is this an issue with this router.  I might upgrade to the newest firmware and see what happens.  I have 1.21NA.

 

[Z.K.]

Well, I got it to work finally, not sure exactly what I did wrong though I did reset it to factory defaults and then it worked.

I do have one other question concerning MAC filtering.  Well, maybe two actually.

1. Is there a way to add a name to the un-named mac addresses in MAC Filter screen.

2. Why does a manually added MAC Address with a static IP (File server) not show up in the LAN computers under status.

[Hard Harry]

I assume this is for white list filtering? If so yes, then for question 1, just set a DHCP reservation for that MAC. As part of that you can set a name. Second, a computer with a static IP is not going to show up in the LAN list, because that list is only the IP's given out by the router's DHCP range. You can still see what is connecting wireless by clicking "wireless sessions" or see everything that has active data connections by clicking on "Internet Sessions".

[fraggboy]

Actually, all of my devices are set to static and they show up fine under: Status --> LAN Computers




I set the Computer name under:  Basic --> Network settings --> DHCP reservations list (Which HH pointed out)


EDIT: Spelling

[Z.K.]

I assume this is for white list filtering? If so yes, then for question 1, just set a DHCP reservation for that MAC. As part of that you can set a name. Second, a computer with a static IP is not going to show up in the LAN list, because that list is only the IP's given out by the router's DHCP range. You can still see what is connecting wireless by clicking "wireless sessions" or see everything that has active data connections by clicking on "Internet Sessions".

Thanks for the Info about the DHCP reservation.  I was wondering about that.
 

[Z.K.]

Actually, all of my devices are set to static and they show up fine under: Status --> LAN Computers




I set the Computer name under:  Basic --> Network settings --> DHCP reservations list (Which HH pointed out)


EDIT: Spelling

Great, good to know.  Thanks.

 

[Hard Harry]

Actually, all of my devices are set to static and they show up fine under: Status --> LAN Computers




I set the Computer name under:  Basic --> Network settings --> DHCP reservations list (Which HH pointed out)


EDIT: Spelling

Really? So it pulls from routing tables? I don't use static IP on my network so I was just going by the help menu for his question:

LAN Computers
This area of the screen continually updates to show all DHCP enabled computers and devices connected to the LAN side of your router. The detection "range" is limited to the address range as configured in DHCP Server. Computers that have an address outside of this range will not show. If the DHCP Client (i.e. a computer configured to "Automatically obtain an address") supplies a Host Name then that will also be shown. Any computer or device that has a static IP address that lies within the detection "range" may show, however its host name will not.

I stopped reading at the first part, should have kept reading to the second part. LOL. Seems kind of conflicting no?

[fraggboy]

I'm sure it pulls the information from the DHCP reservations list one sets up.

[Hard Harry]

But is it showing you only those computer in that list which are online? Or every computer in that list? If the former, its pretty much pointless. If the later, how would it know they are online? Even NAT has a timeout period where it stops tracking sessions.

[fraggboy]

It just shows what devices are attached to what IP address.

Most of my devices are wireless, so I can tell if they are online by checking Status --> Wireless.

[Hard Harry]

So if one of those devices aren't powered on, are they shown in the list?

[fraggboy]

Yes.  They are shown with the power on or off.  That's why I use the Wireless status to see if a device has an active connection.