If I’m creating a whitelist for a mobile device on my network and that device is using a randomized MAC, is it going to work at all? How are randomized MACs not a nightmare on small networks?
If I’m creating a whitelist for a mobile device on my network and that device is using a randomized MAC, is it going to work at all? How are randomized MACs not a nightmare on small networks?
Both Android and IOS usually assign a single random MAC address per network, reusing that MAC each time it connects.
I have found this to be a bit unreliable, with some devices changing their MAC after around 6 months. I tend to disable random MAC for my devices on home networks; mostly because I assign every known device on my network a fixed IP via DHCP reservations.