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[ektorbarajas]

Hi.

I have the DIR-827 as an AP with only the 2.4 GHZ channel (5 GHZ is disabled). this device is located at the ground floor.

On the first floor I have a DAP-1360 as a repeater. (placed above the DIR-827)

Almost everything works fine, obviously at the first floor, there are sometimes where the WiFi speed is not 100% as the ground floor, but I can deal with it.

My main concern is that my Samsung Smart TV, which is at the ground floor and located about 2 mts away from the DIR-827, almost always prefer to pick the WiFi from the DAP-1360, I can tell that since when checking the WiFi on the smart tv, the signal appears with 2 bars and I constantly have issues with Netflix and other streaming services.

I don't know why the Smart TV prefers the weak signal of the DAP-1360 instead of the near DIR-827!

Since the "Smart" (note the quotes  ) TV don't have an option to force the connection to the DIR-827, I wanted to know if it's possible on the DAP-1360 to turn the MAC filter on and deny the Smart tv, my guess is that doing so will avoid the Smart TV to connect to the DAP-1360 and then it will connect to the DIR-827, am I correct? and that kind of filtering could also be applied to other devices? for example, to force a device to always connect to the DIR-827 or DAP-1360?

PS Smart TVs almost always act as Dumb TVs 

Thanks

[FurryNutz]

Im not sure if some of the features are available on the 1360 when in repeater mode. You should be able to access the 1360s web page while in repeater mode I think and look at the features available, if you see MAC Filtering, then maybe.

[ektorbarajas]

Hi FurryNutz

the DAP-1360 in repeater mode has MAC filtering function.

i will do the test Today at night, yesterday my Smart TV was connected to the DIR-827, so Netflix worked fine.

But don't want that for some reason the Smart TV connects to the DAP-1360, if so then I'm sure that my wife will call me to complain 

Hope that adding the Smart TV to the DAP-1360 MAC filtering and deny it, solves that issue

[FurryNutz]

Kewl. I hope it works. Keep us posted. Keep the wife happy. 

[ektorbarajas]

Sorry, forgot to update with my results:

Doins that kind of MAC filtering worked like a charm!

Now my Smart TV only connects to the DIR 827 and not to the DAP-1360!!!

Kind regards!