Does it use a different SSID and does it support Mac Address filtering?
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It uses the same SSID. Don't know about MAC address filtering. Recommend anyone use a wifi analyzer to program an optimal channel on the router. Found conflicts with neighborhood channels after installation.
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Just installed and as far as I can tell it DOES NOT use the same SSID as your wifi connection. It appends "_2EX" to the repeated SSID name and creates a totally separate wifi connection. Therefore your device will have to be set to one or the other SSID depending on which one gives you better signal at your location. The way this question was answered before I thought I was going to be able to name the extended SSIDs with the exact same SSID as my router. It does not appear that it works that way. If someone has figured out how to match the names and have it work that way I'd like to know how it is done. Just installed and as far as I can tell it DOES NOT use the same SSID as your wifi connection. It appends "_2EX" to the repeated SSID name and creates a totally separate wifi connection. Therefore your device will have to be set to one or the other SSID depending on which one gives you better signal at your location. The way this question was answered before I thought I was going to be able to name the extended SSIDs with the exact same SSID as my router. It does not appear that it works that way. If someone has figured out how to match the names and have it work that way I'd like... » Read More Just installed and as far as I can tell it DOES NOT use the same SSID as your wifi connection. It appends "_2EX" to the repeated SSID name and creates a totally separate wifi connection. Therefore your device will have to be set to one or the other SSID depending on which one gives you better signal at your location. The way this question was answered before I thought I was going to be able to name the extended SSIDs with the exact same SSID as my router. It does not appear that it works that way. If someone has figured out how to match the names and have it work that way I'd like to know how it is done. « Show Less
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It usually shows on the back of the modem. There should be a white strip that should say MAC address and S/N for serial number. Hope that helps!
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Yes. I run two APs on my network, with wired connections. Each is configured for the same SSID with WPA-PSK encryption. Hand off between the two APs is transparent to Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android client devices. I don't run RADIUS on my network, but I don't see why it would be a problem.
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I don't know; however, i owned this router for approximately 1 1/2 years. It worked great until one year, then, i had to reboot it constantly. Tech support was also not much help. I finally bought a new router. Apple Airport Extreme. No problems since. Obviously i don't recommend this router.
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It does have security options. It allows you to allow/deny access based on IP addresses and MAC addresses which may be of use in your situation.
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Mine works just fine. Call them with the mac address and see. It's the same one that I had from Comcast. There are new and faster ones now.
293766
Is it even possible to have a network adapter without a MAC address, I don't believe so.
2210148
Depends on how you configure it. You can setup a separate SSID so you'll know which device you are connected to, or use the same SSID for all your wifi broadcasting. It doesn't make it a separate network...it's all part of one big net, although there are ways to isolate these devices, but why would you want to do that?
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Yes, just be sure to give them separate names, like "MyNet-East" and "MyNet-West". I have two of these and set them to static IP addresses in a range not assigned by my router's DHCP host so I can always get at them to check status, update firmware, and so on.
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Yes. It will work.I ran this way briefly downstream from a D-Link, but once I configured by cloning the MAC address my download speed was much faster.
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I don't think you need to assign separate SSIDs. Never did with all the dual banders I had. Never encountered any problem. My wifi is fast and I can even access it 10 houses away.
1721972
Yes and no. I have a Mac that's running OS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and the Cisco connect software that is supposed to make connections easy doesn't work with the new OS. However, I was able to manually configure the router and I'm using it right now with my Mac, my PC laptop and my Android tablet.
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no. They have neither MAC or IP address. They behave transparently without any ethernet addressing themselves...
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Kinda, it has the typical ASUS driver software which allows for independent setting for the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands. You can give each band a separate SSID and password. That will allow you to connect to just the 5Ghz band with your devices. After you have separate SSIDs you can also disable the 2.4Ghz SSID broadcast so it won't even show up as an option on most of your devices. However, there's no way to actually disable the 2.4Ghz band broadcast. Remember, even when the 2.4Ghz band is "hidden" you (or others) can still find it and connect to it so make sure it's password protected!
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I do not own a Mac, so I guess I can't make any promises. However, wifi in general is a fairly stable standard. In other words, I'd be really surprised if this didn't work with any Mac. I have had a guest with a Macbook Pro connect to it without issue. I don't mean to offend you, but if you are asking a question like this I'm concerned that you don't know what you are looking at. This is an "Access Point" and not a "router". If you don't know the difference between the two, you're probably looking for a "router"...
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I cannot speak from personal experience but I do work in IT so I have some technical understanding. It should not be any issue to work with Apple, because no matter what Internet Browser you are using, you simply type in the address 192.168.0.1 in the address portion and that connects you to the router directly so you then logon. When the modem comes it has the administrator id and password for you to logon and then you can setup any specific parameters. The IP connects their coaxe and you simply connect your cat5-7 cable to back of the modem ONLY NEEDED for origial IP authentication so they can setup their end to recognize the modem's MAC addr. It is a great modem and I have not had a single issue with it since install. I was able to give my modem a name and contact password to match my previous IP provider's modem and therefore did not have to reprogram anything in my home for netflix, cell phones, etc. to locate the modem as a path to the internet.
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You can set a regular and guest SSID individually for each AP you manage and for each radio. If you go into the AP configuration, you can override the SSID for each radio for normal and Guest.