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Monday, July 10th, 2023 9:35 AM

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WiFi whitelist?

I've seen messages from 2 years and older indicating no device white or blacklist exists for the xFi router. Bummer, never a great time to find extra $300+ I'll probably have to drop on a gigabit capable modem and router.

I did notice under admin console if you go to connection > wi-fi there is a WiFi control list.  It gives options allow-all(default), allow and deny.

Now if you add devices based on MAC address can choose if said services are allowed WiFi connectivity? Right? But if so, it does not work at all. Once it locked everything out, currently I split all three bands because was thinking that allow only setting wasn't working due to a device connecting under different frequency. Can anyone shed light? I have tested with both Android and iphone all device WiFi settings with privacy off. Kids have friends over, I want to control when and what kids can access on my network and often their devices are unmanaged. 

Finally, there is no option to setup a radius server right? Why do iphones flag connectivity with poor security on wpa3?

Can anyone recommend a device router or device I could use to meet my needs. I have the 1200mb plan. I'd love as all in one modem router with open or dd wrt. That or a highly recommended stock one. Thank you

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2 years ago

All-In-One device that does LAGG, 2.5 or 10Gbps (for > 1Gbps) and Radius, and does DOCSIS 3.1 at the same time to handle the coax, plus your WiFi, parental control that works, device connection control that works and is "supported" by Xfinity?  No.  There isn't one.  

You can make one, or buy a firewall appliance that can do that.  Mesh networks likely don't have all the features you want either.  You are limited by what is implemented in firmware on a closed source router, and you can't add-on additional software -- parental control/access control or customize it.  Buy a straight modem to handle the coax, or put your gateway in bridge mode so it's a pass thru device, and handle your networking and WiFi with something else.

https://opnsense.org/  or Netgate https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/index.html  Can do the routing part and handle multiple isolated (or grouped) subnets you can control individually (guest network(s)/trusted vs untrusted subnets).  Do the WiFi by other means -- cheap access points perhaps.  An old 64-bit retasked desktop works fine for this.  Drop in a network card for extra Ethernet subnets, or perhaps use vlans.  You'll need at least two Ethernet ports (LAN and WAN).  Read the docs for hardware requirements.  Then you control everything.  

 

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