Questions About Port Policies

[Mosep]

Hi,

I’ve configured port policies on my switch, but it seems that each port only authorizes one MAC address. I’ve attached two screenshots of my current policies.

Could someone explain what I might be doing wrong or what settings I need to change so that multiple devices can connect through the same port?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[AEK]

Hi Mosep

I didn't test it but I think wildcard should work, just like this "0c:ea:16:**:**:**".

Can you try?

[Mosep]

Out of the few added, only one MAC address is authorized, and the rest get guest access

[AEK]

But what about the wildcard? Does it work?

[Mosep]

Wildcards are not allowed — MAC addresses must match one-to-one.

[ElwinBERRAR]

That’s normal behavior when MAC-based security is enabled. The switch locks the port to one MAC address for protection. If you need several devices, enable multi-MAC or multi-auth mode if your firmware supports it, or switch to a VLAN-based policy.

For downstream equipment like another switch or AP, the policy must be relaxed to allow multiple MACs.