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EX7000 Virtual MAC Address problems
I want to disable the EX7000's allocation of virtual MAC addresses to devices on my network but I cannot find anywhere how do do this. I am coming to the conclusion that it is not possible. The vir...
I solved one of the problems with Virtual MAC addresses when running my own DHCP server. The DHCP server I am using is DNSMASQ on a Linux server. DNSMASQ actually allows mapping multiple MAC addresses to one IPv4 address.
For example, let's say aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff is the MAC address of a WiFi device and 192.168.x.y is the IP to be assigned to it. The Virtual MAC for that device on EX7000 should be 02:0f:b5:dd:ee:ff. So I use the following entry for it:
aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff,02:0f:b5:dd:ee:ff,192.168.x.y
The line is saved in a file /etc/dsnmasq-dhcphosts and loaded into DNSMASQ server. (Actually I am using OpenMediaVault with DNSMASQ plugin.) When a DHCP request for MAC address of either aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff or 02:0f:b5:dd:ee:ff is received, DNSMASQ server will lease the IP address 192.168.x.y to the requesting client.
Now no matter my WiFi device is connected to the main router or on of the extenders, it will receive the same pre-assigned IP address.