@Kevin_Z Hi, disabled the mac filtering/whitelist with hidden SSID's and same thing happened. My htc phone asked me.m to sign-in to my wifi network (gave me a pop-up I selected it and it connected)....

@Ivaylo I tried connecting the ipad to the 2.4ghz wifi, but it did not connect. I did not try with the cell. The last thing I might do, which may not solve anything, is to factory reset the router...

@Ivaylo The wireless security settings you mentioned are my default settings, I tried other combinations also. I have also rebooted (both my devices and the router) many times after making changes....

@Ivaylo I have 10 devices connected, (2)-2.4ghz and (8)-5ghz, granted it should be more like 11 for 5ghz, but haven't gotten around to adding those yet. Hardware ver: 1.20 Firmware: 1.2.1 build...

Hi, Just bought and set up an Archer ax21 wifi router. For many years (at least a decade) I have been using hidden SSID's with mac address filtering/white list. With the ax21 my devices don't always...