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New Instances of iOS Devices Appearing Regardless of LAN Address Reservation
I have setup about four separate IP Address reservations for various iPhones & iPads but with the Private Wi-Fi Address setting enabled, they will reappear in the Device Manager as an 'unnamed device'. I got the idea of creating reservations in another discussion post but it seems like it isn't working like I expected it to.
Are there any other workarounds that I can use in order to keep the Device Manager free of any new instances of devices that regularly connect to my network?
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- The only work around is to disable the Private setting, essentially the private setting creates a new MAC address every time it connects to WiFi so the router reads it as a new device so reserving an IP for that MAC address will only work if it uses that MAC address again.
