Kick clients off airport extreme.

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Kick clients off airport extreme.

Im going to assume it is simply because I cant find it, but how can I kick a client off of my network. I have found the log showing the users connected, but I cannot find out how to kick them off the network.

Shutting of the internet access via MAC address ban is not what I am looking for. Also, anything that requires a restart is not an option, as it will cause myself and all other users to loose connection (which cannot happen).

Simply put, how can I kick a client off the network like on every other router?

Mac Book, 1st Gen, Mac OS X (10.6.3), 1.83 GH Prosseser 2.00 GB RAM

Posted on May 6, 2010 8:14 PM

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Answer 1

Bob Timmons

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May 6, 2010 9:26 PM in response to Robert Petersen

Given your requirement of no restarts, there is no way to prevent them from connecting to your wireless network if they are connecting now.

In order to change the wireless network password, a reconfiguration and restart of your router would be required. MAC access control would require a restart as well.

If they are connecting using ethernet, you will not be able to prevent them from connecting to your network.

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Answer 2

May 8, 2010 8:27 AM in response to Robert Petersen

I don't think "every other router" out there has this ability either, but I know what you mean 😉.

I could easily kick clients off my Linksys WRT54G. However, I do not think what you are asking to do is possible in the AirPort Utility. The only way to keep a client off the network (that I know of) is through the MAC setting. You just ban the MAC address. Obviously not the solution if you do not want to keep the client off permanently.

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