Wireless Router MAC Address Log Does Not Overwrite Previous Addresses

I have found this forum to be of invaluable service to me and thank everyone involved. Can someone explain how to set the device manager in 3COM's wireless 7250 to read and overwrite the old MAC addresses of wireless users. The previous log contains MAC addresses from January 2007. I was able to set up configuration to the degree where users are able to obtain a signal, but I am still learning how to use the device manager. I have been working on pulling statistics to count users on the network and have been unsuccessful yet.

 

I am assuming that this is just a fairly standard wireless router .
Just reset the router back to factory defaults .
You can do this manually with the reset switch or in the control panel.
The router will be set back to factory default settings ( make sure that you know the default password for the router)

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What are you using the MAC addresses for? Are you using this information to limit access to the wireless network? If so, resetting the router may mean you lose these settings.

Before you reset the router, it would be worth you describing what you are trying to do and why having old addresses is a problem.

 

I agree.
Seems a bit odd or perhaps a complex setup that you are using old mac addresses as your main guide.

 

BarbaraBanks,

It is always best to post replies to the forum rather than use private messages. I haven't logged in for a couple of days so have only just picked this up:

 

Sorry that doesn't make sense. If the log overwrites itself, I'd expect there to be limit to how far it goes back. So I don't understand what you mean by "It obviously hasn't ".

Have you tried contacting 3Com for support? This appears to be a problem specific you your wireless equipment rather than a generic problem.

 

I've had a look through the documentation for the 3Com 7250 and it is clear from that the "device manager" you refer to is specific to 3Com. There is some information on pages 24-25 of the product documentation, but I can't see if that will help you. Unless there is another forum user who uses the same wireless equipment, I am sure you best option is to contact 3Com. Their support is usually pretty good, especially if your organisation users their equipment a reasonable amount.