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Disable the iPhones WiFI Privacy Address feature. This is the feature that causes this. This is a Apple feature. Not needed when Apple devices are at home.
@Enterprise77 wrote: Yes, my son's Iphone.....different IP/MAC address...
Yes, traced the MAC address with various searches, "unknown" no device in my house matches the device. I think I'll just get rid of NETGEAR and try other product that's more secure
@Enterprise77 wrote: I think I'll just get rid of NETGEAR and try other product that's more secure
What makes you think that the Netgear router is the culprit?Or that what you see is some sort of security problem?
If this is something forced on you by the client, then you will have thrown away money on one device for another one that does the same thing.
We k now nothing about the stuff you have running on your network. As @plemans says iJunk has been implicated in strange behaviour. (It likes to change Mac addresses just for the heck of it, for example.) Samsung also does odd things. Windows likewise.
You could of course, stop using the Internet, but a better strategy might be to try to track down why this happens.
Thanks for your reply. I've been tracking, trying numerous fixes for weeks now. I have the normal devices that most have, alexa, iPad, Samsung phones, ... nothing out of the ordinary. My last option is to reset the router to factory specs, start again and see. Same issue, bye bye netgear
Disable the iPhones WiFI Privacy Address feature. This is the feature that causes this. This is a Apple feature. Not needed when Apple devices are at home.
@Enterprise77 wrote: Yes, my son's Iphone.....different IP/MAC address...
@Enterprise77 wrote: Device can't be delete, when blocked, it auto unblocks itself..... sounds like a hack, security flaw to me
Only if it is a flaw in the router rather than something imposed on you by another device.
Networks are a complicated mixture of dozens of different bits and pieces. It is all too easy to scream routerbut, as we increasingly discover, other gadgets also play a part.
The key is to track down why this happens and what causes it. Only then can you blame your router. Otherwise you could end up with a new device that does exactly the same thing.
