Unable to block client access on GL-AXT1800 since Firmware upgrade

I updated the firmware to the latest, version 4.6.8. Every since then, when going to the Clients section of the UI and choose the slider for Access for a particular client, I get a message that it was successful but the slider UI does not reflect that. I can also confirm that the client I try to block still has access. This use to work prior to the upgrade. Is this a known issue?

Hi,

The 'block access in the client list' seems to work ok in my AXT1800 with v4.6.8.

Please confirm if the client device has a second Internet source, not only AXT1800, like other cable network/cellular.

The device has no other available connection. The fact that the UI does not show that it is blocked, yet, I get a success message when trying to toggle it. Not sure what the issue is
Access

Here's the success message I get when trying to toggle it.
Applied

  1. From which old version of firmware did the router upgrade to 4.6.8?
  2. SSH execute to confirm this after config to block a new client in the WebUI
    cat /etc/config/gl-black_white_list

I don't recall what version I was on when I upgraded. Not sure what you meant by SSH execute. I ssh connected to the router and ran the command "cat /etc/config/gl-black_white_list". Nothing was outputted and the list in the WebUI did not change. I am sure I missed a step somewhere. Thanks for your help.

This is used to check whether the GL GUI operation takes effect after clicking block in the GL GUI operation and comparing it with the system configuration file:


I get no output when running the command. I figure I check to see if the file exists on the device by using WinSCP to browse for it. I found the file but is is empty with a file size of 0 with a date of 10/11/2024.

Here's the file list under that folder with the file in question being of size 0.

It seems that there is a problem with this configuration file.
You can unzip this file and copy it to your AXT1800:
/etc/config/
gl-black_white_list.zip (284 Bytes)

If it still doesn't work, it may need to be reset the firmware.

Yes, that worked. The GL GUI is also now back to what I remember it to be. It now says Block as the heading. When it was not working properly, the heading said Access, which I found weird. Not sure how the config file ended up blank. Bug in the firmware update process?

There is no bug in the update process, I think, but really don’t know how to cause it.

If it is a Whitelist, the heading is access, if it is a Blocklist, the heading is block.

Got it. Thank you for your help on this.

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