R8000P - Circle- iPhones repeatedly join the network with a new MAC address after updating to iOS 14

I have a Circle subscription that is installed on my R8000P router. It has worked well for about 9 months. Recently I have noticed the following: I am getting multiple instances of the same iPhone a...

dpage44
Jan 16, 2021
I stumbled across the answer looking at other posts concerning iOS 14. The issue comes from the MAC randomization that was introduced in version 14. Tech Republic has a good article explaing it and how to turn randomization off.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-manage-or-disable-mac-randomization-in-ios-and-ipados-14/

dpage44

Aspirant

Jan 16, 2021

I stumbled across the answer looking at other posts concerning iOS 14. The issue comes from the MAC randomization that was introduced in version 14. Tech Republic has a good article explaing it and how to turn randomization off.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-manage-or-disable-mac-randomization-in-ios-and-ipados-14/

Christian_R

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Jan 20, 2021

Hello dpage44,

Thanks for sharing the article and a link to the article.

Regards,

Christian

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R8000P - Circle- iPhones repeatedly join the network with a new MAC address after updating to iOS 14