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planetx
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6 months ago

my children are disabling wifi schedules

my children are disabling wifi schedules that i set up in the telus android connect app. i have whitelisted all mac addresses in the router. changed the router admin password and my "my telus" passwo...
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Nighthawk
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6 months ago

Your kids likely aren't doing anything do get around the block. The one thing that so many people don't realize is that nearly all modern devices (Windows, macOS, iPhone & Android) have the ability to change their MAC address whenever they feel like it. Most cases it's enabled by default so if you restrict one MAC address, the device will change it to a new MAC address and get around the block. MAC address blocking doesn't work these days unless you disable the feature on the device you're trying to restrict.

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    planetx
    Neighbour
    6 months ago

    i've white listed the mac addresses. only a list of mac addresses are allowed access. so everyone in the house had to turn off mac spoofing to get access in the first place. additionally, no new devices are showing up.

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