[WarrenHolt]

My first goto site is: TestMy.net
But I also find: https://speed.cloudflare.com/ – quite nice

[WarrenHolt]

Ok – I just flashed firmware 2.7.8 and it seems to have corrected all my issues above. It also seems to be quicker to respond and my network speed tests seem faster (though that might just be the day / time). Either way – THANKS!!!

[WarrenHolt]

Has the build process changed? Have you changed to an updated compiler? Changing code is not the only possibility for this issue.

[WarrenHolt]

The two sites I mentioned were in addition to the sites I could not access in my first posting. So at least four sites are unable to be accessed with v2.7.7. I understand that I do not need to update to v2.7.7 at this time but I would then suspect all subsequent releases would also produce the same issues for they will include whatever is in v2.7.7 that makes these sites (and probably more) not work.

[WarrenHolt]

That may be, but here is what I did this morning.
I went to https://speed.cloudflare.com/ and https://radar.weather.gov/?settings=v1_eyJhZ2VuZGEiOnsiaWQiOiJuYXRpb25hbCIsImNlbnRlciI6Wy04My4wMTIsNDMuNjldLCJsb2NhdGlvbiI6bnVsbCwiem9vbSI6NS4yNjYzNTAyMDM0NTI5NjYsImxheWVyIjoiYnJlZl9xY2QifSwiYW5pbWF0aW5nIjp0cnVlLCJiYXNlIjoic3RhbmRhcmQiLCJhcnRjYyI6ZmFsc2UsImNvdW50eSI6ZmFsc2UsImN3YSI6ZmFsc2UsInJmYyI6ZmFsc2UsInN0YXRlIjpmYWxzZSwibWVudSI6dHJ1ZSwic2hvcnRGdXNlZE9ubHkiOnRydWUsIm9wYWNpdHkiOnsiYWxlcnRzIjowLjgsImxvY2FsIjowLjYsImxvY2FsU3RhdGlvbnMiOjAuOCwibmF0aW9uYWwiOjAuNn19 on our families iPad 7. Both sites came up without a problem.
I saved a backup then did Flash New Firmware and updated to v2.7.7.
After that, I went to the iPad and tried loading the above sites. The speed site eventually reported: cannot open the page because the network connection is lost. The weather site eventually reported: safari cannot open the page – because not connected to the internet. However, there were a few other links I had on the iPad and I tried a few and they came up.
I saved a backup then restored the previous firmware, v2.7.6. I also loaded the backup that I saved before loading v2.7.7.
I went back to both of the sites above and loaded them fine. Also, during my testing, my granddaughter lost internet access during the time v2.7.7 was loaded and got it back after v2.7.6 was restored.
I understand you just changed the port numbers but my testing shows you hit some hidden bug that does not allow me to use v2.7.7

[WarrenHolt]

I am using the pcWRT Newifi-D2 v2.7.6
Presently, that has the WAN port connected to a Verizon ActionTec MI424WR Router
Previously, the LAN ports were going to two Dell computers but recently (last month or two) I have changed things so one of the LAN ports is going to a NetGear GS108Ev3 switch which then connects to those same computers.

[WarrenHolt]

Yes – Login to your router. Select “Settings – System”, then scroll all the way down to the bottom and you find the “Hosts” section (box). Then you can edit what is in there making sure you save it when done. If you do not have a “127.0.0.1 localhost” entry, maybe adding one will do the trick.

[WarrenHolt]

So for those of you who have found this issue, I can say it has been successfully fixed for me. After support looked over and tested their test routers with the backup file I sent them, they almost didn’t find it. But eventually, they found the issue.

On the settings – system page is the Hosts box. At some time I had entered the URL of my pcWRT router for local host (e.g. 192.168.0.10 localhost). Then on the Log In page, the Adblock Control link must have been using that to tell Adblock what URL to block ads on. But it did not succeed and ended up at the Bad Gateway Page (and if that is not exactly what was happening, support can chime in and provide the technical details).

But bottom line, what fixed it was changing the Host box localhost setting to: 127.0.0.1 localhost. That fixed me. Hope it fixes you as well.

[WarrenHolt]

Since my original post, I have rebooted the router at least 2 times.
However, I just finished rebooting the router, did a quick check to see if I could reach the internet, and I could, the tried Adblock Control again.
It still waits for a period of time then presents the Bad Gateway page. The reboot changed nothing.

[WarrenHolt]

Oh, PS: I use no proxy. I connect directly to the internet.

[WarrenHolt]

I go to my login page via http and can log in fine.
At the login page, before I login, I can press Adblock Control. The url is STILL http, but, after enough time I get: Bad Gateway The process did not produce any response.
I can copy the Adblock Control url, change http to https, and the same sequence as above happens.
I have done this on two different browsers – Mozilla Seamonkey and Firefox.
Pressing the My Local IP Address – works fine as well.
I am running pcWRT version: pcWRT Newifi-D2 v2.5.8

[WarrenHolt]

One thing still open for understanding is: when I pressed the minus button next to a static entry in the Hostnames and Static Leases listing, why wasn’t the entry REALLY removed?

[WarrenHolt]

The connected devices listing does not show her IP and does not show “unknown”. I checked her device and the IP her iPhone presented is NOT the IP I have for the MAC address of her phone. The IP is for the April_TV which is a different MAC address.

If I remember correctly, from what I have been reading today, an iPhone has the ability to change it’s MAC address depending upon what router / network they connect to. Yea, just checked – https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202068 – Scroll down to the MAC address filtering – one bullet point reads: To help protect user privacy, some Apple devices use a different MAC address for each Wi-Fi network.

Then following the given link and reading the “About private Wi-Fi addresses” is this: Starting with iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and watchOS 8, if your device hasn’t joined the network in 6 weeks, it uses a different private address the next time it connects to that network. And if you make your device forget the network, it will also forget the private address it used with that network, unless it has been less than 2 weeks since the last time it was made to forget that network.

I don’t believe my granddaughter has disconnected from my WiFi for 6 weeks but she sure ends up utilizing WiFi from all over and perhaps that triggered the “change the MAC address” that apple has built in.

I am old school so I think MAC addresses are locked to a device. OBVIOUSLY that is no longer the case.

Any bright ideas how you guys are going to be able to combat this or any ideas for me? Sometimes technology really bothers me!

Ok, I did more reading from Apple info – ref: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102509 and there is a section for Network Administrators:

If you manage a Wi-Fi router that’s configured to notify you when a new device joins the network, you are notified when a device first joins with a private address.

Businesses and other organizations might need to update their Wi-Fi network security to work with private addresses. Or they can use an MDM-defined network profile to turn off Private Address for enrolled devices that join their Wi-Fi network. Learn more about private Wi-Fi addresses and enterprise networks.

And that last part of the paragraph is a link. I will let you find and follow it, if you desire.

I also think this is some of the same stuff the School is performing because I have had to capture her School laptop with more than one IP / MAC.

If you have any brilliant ideas, I am open to them!

[WarrenHolt]

Of all the times I have logged into my router today (more than 5), I have NEVER seen my granddaughters phone (April_iPhoneSE) in the Connected Devices list. I DO see all the devices I expect to see, however – an iPad, my phone, my wife’s phone, two entries for the Roku TV. And I have performed the list refresh more than once.

[WarrenHolt]

I have checked with my Wife’s iPad and my Android phone. The IP reported on each device is the same that is being reported in the connected devices list when I log into the router. Also, these are in both in the Hostnames and Static Leases listing as I strive to make all the IPs static to help keep tabs on who’s accessing the network.

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