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xBigRedDogx
Tutor
Oct 23, 2020
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iPhone12 not connecting to Orbi (original)

Hey Everyone,   tl;dr ... in the Orbi-network settings (on iPhone), there is a field to allow "Private Address"... which seems to override the normal iPhone MAC address with a spoofed one.  This i...
  • xBigRedDogx's avatar
    xBigRedDogx
    Oct 31, 2020

    Never mind was my mistake. I guess the randomized Mac on all iOS devices was depleting my store of open ip addresses (I reserve them based on Mac). So it was pushing me over the top.

     

    The real problem was I had no more IP addresses available. Was just coincidence iphone12 was first over the top. 

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 23, 2020

Someting to ask Apple about. Remember it's there device and new iOS 14 that they introduced all these new security features. They should review this first...

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    gr8sho
    Virtuoso
    Oct 31, 2020
    The randomized MAC privacy feature is part of iOS 14, and has nothing to do with iPhone 12. Might want to rename title of thread if possible.