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Weaver

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Mismatched MAC address
« on: April 29, 2021, 12:25:18 AM »

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Re: Mismatched MAC address
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2021, 08:43:25 AM »

Is it due to Apple's wheeze of MAC randomisation introduced in IOS14 https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-manage-or-disable-mac-randomization-in-ios-and-ipados-14/
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Re: Mismatched MAC addressn
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2021, 11:27:30 AM »

« Last Edit: April 29, 2021, 11:31:52 AM by Weaver »
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Re: Mismatched MAC address
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2021, 12:41:54 PM »

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Re: Mismatched MAC addressn
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2021, 05:00:12 PM »

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Re: Mismatched MAC addressn
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2021, 06:31:56 PM »

To restore the use of the fixed MAC address, turn off private address.

See this article for how this works.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211227

Nice that you can do that per SSID
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Re: Mismatched MAC address
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2021, 09:19:37 PM »

Referring to what digbey said, the worst nightmare is that you cannot connect to the WLAN if you have MAC address filtering in the WAPs, because you have to have completed the iOS installation before you can get into settings to switch the randomisation off. The obvious thing would be to disable the feature during installation. They had the wit to do the right thing during an upgrade installation. Incredible.
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Re: Mismatched MAC address
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2021, 12:00:42 AM »

As MAC filtering is a false sense of security, I instead use the paranoid approach of having a little monitor next to me that displays all connected clients at all times.  This is one of the reasons IPv6 didn't work for me as I also have traffic monitoring per-client and that doesn't work on IPv6.
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Re: Mismatched MAC address
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2021, 04:13:32 AM »

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Re: Mismatched MAC address
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2021, 09:47:07 PM »

  Weaver, why don't you use the idiot approach and make your proper WiFi  password so long and complicated that nobody could possibly remember it, let alone give it out from memory to anyone. Then make your guest network password much shorter and simpler, so that it could be remembered easily?  Since, you don't have many neighbours to worry about, WiFi  security may not be that much of a problem. If your router is like my Netgear one that restricts guests to external internet access only, the security would be even better?
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Re: Mismatched MAC address
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2021, 08:21:07 AM »

« Last Edit: May 02, 2021, 08:44:37 AM by Weaver »
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Re: Mismatched MAC address
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2021, 09:24:34 PM »


  I understand your security fears. But as I was told many years ago, any encryption can be broken with enough time and computing power.  From what I understand, the most vulnerable time was when the encrypted link was being set up. The advice given at the time was that encryption keys be changed very frequently to make things more difficult for intruders. Somebody I know, refuses to leave his WiFi on. Uses it only when there is no alternative, and runs the router WiFi at the lowest TX power possible. He does this because he thinks that the WPA2 specs are not very secure. But how far do you go?
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Re: Mismatched MAC address
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2021, 11:47:30 PM »

Bottom line is MAC filtering is largely pointless, as all clients send their MAC address over the air unencrypted.

If someone has made the effort to crack your WiFi password, I'm pretty sure having to spend a few minutes sniffing for a valid MAC address is not going to phase them.
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Re: Mismatched MAC address
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2021, 05:27:34 AM »

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