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Denying Access to Specific Devices
I have a neighbor downstairs who uses my wifi signal for her devices, but I want to deny access specifically to her smart tv since it's causing my data with Xfinity to go overlimit every so often. ...
If only "smart" devices were smart enough to provide useful clues on connectivity problems. Then she might be able to work it out. As it is they usually just say that they can't connect. But without knowing exactly the device she owns it isn't possible to predict what she will see.
But if she relies on your wifi and her TV suddenly stops working, it wouldn't take a genius to put two and two together.
You can use access control to block certain devices based off their mac addresses.
I'm not sure of what warning they get.
But if she asks you why it doesn't work, you might have to have the conversation with her of the fact that she's using all your data.
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plemans wrote:You can use access control to block certain devices based off their mac addresses.
I'm not sure of what warning they get.
But if she asks you why it doesn't work, you might have to have the conversation with her of the fact that she's using all your data.
That's the thing, I don't want to have that discussion with her (it's a long story). I just want to play stupid and act like I don't know why her tv won't connect but all of her other devices do. However, in order to do that, I just wanted to make sure that her tv doesn't specifically give her an on-screen warning that her device is being denied access.