Can a MAC Address of Ipad Change?

Lily

B.R
Staff member
I blocked two ipads from accessing wifi last week, today I found one of them connected, when I checked the mac address it was changed.

How does that happen ? does it change automatically? and how can I stop it from changing ?
 

Lily

B.R
Staff member
@Dhillon It is protected with password but when your relatives ask you for password you can't hide it from them :p so I just blocked their devices :an
 

Dhillon

Dhillon Sa'aBβ„’
Staff member
Lol, clever. Instead of blocking some Mac addresses, block all and allow only yours.
 

onlycheema

Banned
Options are heavily dependent upon your hardware. Some options:-

1) Use whitelist MAC access instead of blacklist. Permit specific known MAC addresses to access Wi-Fi.

2) Hide your SSID though, lots of hardware do not scan for hidden SSID's by default. (If the MAC address is changing which means probably the hardware will also scan for hidden SSID's too.)

3) The best option is:- Use RADIUS and certificates. Very tight access to wi-fi. But it will be difficult to figure out and depends upon your hardware.
 
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