Archer AX72 AX5400 Tether security bug.
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1) Configure ACL as an allow list with AMC addresses added. This is to ensure parental controls work and prevent people from using randomized mac addresses which ignore profiles.
2) In Tether on ANDROID, select a device and Block it.
The above results in the router changing teh ACL from 'Allow list' (White List) to a 'DENY list', adding the device blocked in Tether. Unfortunately, it also means all the parental controls can now be ignored if a person switches on random mac address. This renders the configuration and parental control subscriptions useless as they cannot be enforced..
Advanced Parental controls subscription active
Security + Subscription Active
Tether on SAMSUNG ANDROID 14 One UI version 6.1
WiFi Router Archer AX72
Firmware Version:
1.2.6 Build 20240619 rel.72016(4555)
Hardware Version:
Archer AX72 v1.0
One Extender connected
| RE605X |
1.0.6 Build 20240819 Rel. 59464 |
One AP connected
| RE450 |
1.0.2 Build 230213 Rel. 555420n |
Hi @IndigoBlue,
Thank you for reporting your issue to our community.
Parental control files settings identify devices by mac address, so we first need to make sure that the random mac function is turned off so that parental control can work properly on the clients to be managed.
If you want to increase or decrease the clients of whitelist, it is recommended that you adjust it in the Access Control interface. The following screenshot:
If you click deny directly in the Clients interface of Tehter APP, it may cause a conflict in the rules.
After you click deny on one of the clients, are all the devices in the whitelist displayed as blocked? Or, does the whitelist directly become blacklist? Or are there other error messages?
Hi @IndigoBlue,
Thank you for reporting your issue to our community.
Parental control files settings identify devices by mac address, so we first need to make sure that the random mac function is turned off so that parental control can work properly on the clients to be managed.
If you want to increase or decrease the clients of whitelist, it is recommended that you adjust it in the Access Control interface. The following screenshot:
If you click deny directly in the Clients interface of Tehter APP, it may cause a conflict in the rules.
After you click deny on one of the clients, are all the devices in the whitelist displayed as blocked? Or, does the whitelist directly become blacklist? Or are there other error messages?