Changing Mac Address

Changing Mac Address

Changing Mac Address
Changing Mac Address
Tuesday
Model: Deco X20  
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Firmware Version: 1.2.5

My kids are configuring their devices to get dynamic Mac Addresses, therefore all the parental controls on the Deco app are completely obsolete.

 

Is there anyway to deal with this in the app yet e.g. Don't allow new devices?

 

I see users have been asking for a solution to this in these forums for about 5 years.

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Re:Changing Mac Address
Wednesday

@PompeyGlen Deco supports whitelisting on X20 V4 & above.

 

If you're on V3 or below, try changing the password & enable "hide this network" as a workaround.

 

You can also try enabling "known device alerts" as well.

Just a M4 (2-pack) user who regrets buying it
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Re:Changing Mac Address
Thursday

PompeyGlen wrote

My kids are configuring their devices to get dynamic Mac Addresses, therefore all the parental controls on the Deco app are completely obsolete.

 

Is there anyway to deal with this in the app yet e.g. Don't allow new devices?

 

I see users have been asking for a solution to this in these forums for about 5 years.

  @PompeyGlen don't you mean the devices are using private MAC addresses?

The change that has been done by phone and tablet manufactures (and I think Windows may also be doing it now) have been around for a while.

Mostly this is not something that the device user does, it's automatically done by the device and disabling it can be a pain since it often get changed back by the device.

I don't have any good ideas of how it could be resolved. 

 

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