E4200: guest networking and MAC filter

Hi there,
I have my e4200 setup with guest networking enabled and also MAC filtering. Somehow i was epxecting MAC filtering not to be applied to guest wireless network but it appears to be so.
Can anybody please confirm if this is the case and if there's a workaround?
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You are correct.  MAC filtering is universal in the router. There is no workaround besides not using it.

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