MAC addresses on my iOS devices do not match those listed on my Netgear AC1200 R6230 router

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I got a Netgear R6230 a couple of days ago and went to the Advanced screen to see my network's attached devices. I noticed that the MAC addresses on all my Apple devices (iPhones & iPads) were different from those listed on the router's Attached Devices screen. Why is that and which are correct?

[antinode · Accepted solution]

> [...] the MAC addresses on all my Apple devices (iPhones & iPads) were
> different from those listed on the router's Attached Devices screen.
> [...]

   Recent iOS update?  Where did you get "the MAC addresses on all
[your] Apple devices"?

> [...] Why is that [...]

   It's a feature.

> [...] which are correct?

   "Both" or "It depends".  Define "correct".

      https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211227

[antinode · Accepted solution]

> [...] the MAC addresses on all my Apple devices (iPhones & iPads) were
> different from those listed on the router's Attached Devices screen.
> [...]

   Recent iOS update?  Where did you get "the MAC addresses on all
[your] Apple devices"?

> [...] Why is that [...]

   It's a feature.

> [...] which are correct?

   "Both" or "It depends".  Define "correct".

      https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211227

[bookat]

Thanks so much! Had no idea about iOS 14 using private MAC addresses for each wifi network. Interesting--and much appreciated.