Hello,

Please use access control, it can be regarded as mac filtering. 

Below is the instruction to set it up.

https://www.tp-link.com/en/faq-1535.html 

Good day. 

ARD wrote

Thanks for the reply. But that does not seem to allow blocking or allowing of individual cinnections rather global black or white lists. If MAC has been removed I will have to switch to a different manufacture

Hello ARD,

You may misunderstand.

Access Control is used to block or allow specific client devices to access your network (via wired or wireless) based on a list of blocked devices (Blacklist) or a list of allowed devices (Whitelist).

For the access control, the devices in blacklists won't be able to access internet. 

While the devices based on whitelist can access internet normally.

May it help. 

ARD wrote

Ah I see. So I can have both black and white lists running and move a device from one list to another as required. I do wish the Mac filtering was still an option as it was a very easy process. I will give it a try...thanks again

Hello ARD,

You can give it a go, and it is easy to set it up; 

Any updates, just let us know.

Good day. 

ARD wrote

Is it possible to downgrade the firmware. The interface I like it V3, but at the moment mine is V4 with the blue interface which is such a step backwards in user friendly

Hello,

V3 and V4 are hardware version, unlike firmware version,  they cannot be downgraded/upgraded.

Access control, to be honest, is easy to set up, you only need choose blacklist/whitelist to block/allow some device to access internet. 

While we will forward your suggestion to our R&D department.

Good day.