iOS 14 Private Network Address makes my iPad loose connectivity..

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sunnyorlando wrote:

I'd like to understand why is it that in a WiFi system that has 'access control' turned on to' block all new devices from connecting', any apple device can connect without authorization.

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Definitively something very wrong or not working as expected if this is true. What magic WiFi system model and firmware are we facing here?

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sunnyorlando wrote:

Interestingly... yesterday I ttried to disallow '(block)' one of these, and the router responded that I 'cannot block using the same device I'm logged in with' - an android! Yet the device I was blocking was an iPhone identified by MAC association to vendor.

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Netgear (and other WiFi device makers!) have either a white list or a black list implemented. If a WiFi system is configured to require a management action on the first connection - allowing a device - it's in white list mode.

Thus you can't block any individual device (resp. whatever MAC address was used) into a black list.

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sunnyorlando wrote:

But that aside, I cant seem to block any Apple devices using access control.

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Not related to be an Apple device, as explained above. There should be a way to remove it from the white list of allowed devices instead.

The subject "iOS 14 Private Network Address makes my iPad loose connectivity" isn't related here - the named iOS 14 system does come with a random MAC address, not allowed in the white list, thus blocked access. Perfectly correct.

Enjoy the Florida sun in winter!

-Kurt