On the default Netgear firmware, there was a master filter list for MAC filtering. Once I entered a description/MAC address, it would work across all four wireless networks (2 normal, 2 guest) networks.
I've got a Nethear R7800 using hnyman's build. I know I can edit the mac filter for each network using:
It would appear that I need to repeat all of the maclist entries for each of the four wireless networks. I'd prefer a way to edit one list of MAC addresses and have it apply to all wireless networks like the default did. Is this possible? What am I missing?
Seeing as wireless is one of the vectors of attack most abused on routers, I am surprised that OpenWRT lags behind Netgear is having a more efficient way to handle this across multiple wireless/guest networks. It's easy enough to cut/paste the same list four times in the config file, and then use #comments to denote the device name (which is very helpful). I was just hoping there was some kind of additional package that would sort this out. Thank you for the replies and for the firmware package!
MAC filters aren't a security measure at all, it doesn't even make sense to think about them. Pick a good wireless password and don't get it leak to unwanted devices (and/ or change it when needed).
You are 100% correct. I recently upgraded a router I've used since 2013, and back then I thought having a MAC filter would help a little. I was trying to migrate my old ways over. I revisited the entire idea earlier, and I now realize it's useless against even novices with tools that are now fairly mainstream. I'll do away with the MAC filter for additional security.