Asus RT-AX58U Router Not Enforcing Time Restrictions via TP-LINK RE700X Extender Hey Guys, I’m facing a challenging situation with my home network and urgently need some advice. I have an Asus RT-AX58U router and recently added a TP-LINK RE700X (Ethernet Port) range extender...

[KingZee]

Hey Guys,

I’m facing a challenging situation with my home network and urgently need some advice. I have an Asus RT-AX58U router and recently added a TP-LINK RE700X (Ethernet Port) range extender to improve wifi coverage in my house.

Here’s the core of my issue: I’m trying to set time-based internet restrictions for my son’s devices (a phone – WIFI EXT and a desktop-Ethernet), which connect to the internet through this extender. The aim is to manage his internet usage due to specific personal needs. While the router recognizes the extender and shows the connected devices with their MAC addresses, I can’t get the time-based restrictions to work for these devices. His phone is connected via WIFI (separate/EXT SSID) and his desktop is connected to the extender via an Ethernet cable.

The router’s firmware is up to date, and I’ve gone through the settings multiple times to ensure everything is configured correctly (although I’m not an expert). But no matter what I do, the devices connected through the extender seem to bypass these restrictions.

This situation is causing a lot of stress, as unrestricted internet access is not suitable for my son’s condition. I’m looking for any advice, workarounds, or settings that I might have missed to resolve this issue.

Has anyone else experienced something similar or knows how to make the Asus router’s time restrictions work with a TP-LINK extender? Any insights or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance for your help!

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[UK Sentinel]

Welcome, Parental controls are always tricky, especially when using kit from different manufacturers and in this scenario I do not believe Parental controls will work, is the TP-LINK RE700X switch mode set as Access Point or Range Extender ?

If you are using the TP-Link App, look under ‘Operational Mode’ I think and I will drop ASUS a message to see if they can advise why your set-up does not seem to be working.

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[Grisu]

I think restrictions wont work when connected via LAN, maybe with WLAN-repeater it could do right.

At least worth to try with simple WLAN-repeater.

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[UK Sentinel]

So have had feedback from ASUS and they say, some repeaters do change the Mac address of the clients and you need to check to see if this is the case.

Also check to see if end TP-Link clients are receiving same IP address range as that of the ASUS router.

In reality, as @Grisu mentioned, try connecting via wireless between Asus RT-AX58U and TP-LINK RE700X and see if that helps.

Alternatively, if the TP-LINK RE700X is only used by your Son, try applying the controls to the TP-LINK RE700X itself.

Otherwise, you are left only with purchasing an ASUS AiMesh compatible router and then you can be assured, Time Scheduling and Parental controls should work.

Hope that helps

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