Block access to WAN port to one MAC only - GL-AR300M16

Routers
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Hi all,

I've to put a GL-AR300M16 in a semi public location and I need its ethernet to be active as the device that will be connecting to it only has Ethernet access.

My fear is someone plugging out the Ethernet cable and connecting their own device, which would allow access to the network.

Is it possible to only allow one MAC address to connect through the Ethernet port? I'm imagining this is something I'll have to do through the OpenWRT backend, but unsure where to even start…

Any help appreciated!

J

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Go to your client list and at the top you will see

Access Control: Blocklist - If you click it you can then change between allowlist / blocklist and define your clients

So in your case change to allowlist and enter the Mac address of the device.

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Hi,

I actually checked this out the other day and didn't see an option to change the block list to an allow list and I don't see the option mentioned in the docs either, but I'll go back and check.

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Oh sorry, I see in the docs now it says you can do it using the mobile app apparently! I'll give that a go.

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When you click on the text that says access control: blocklist then on the next page there's a drop-down menu that says "Mode” and you can change to allowlist that way.