Block unknown devices on Deco M9 - user changes MAC address to fool parental controls
Hi all,
I've been using the Deco M9 Plus for a couple of days now and I'm very pleased with it. The wi-fi is excellent in whole our house. And especially the parental controls are very valuable too to control the extensive use of internet of some of the users.
I have a question however. Is there an option to (automatically) block unknown devices on the network? I'm familiar with the blacklist option but I wouild like to see a whitelist for devices as well. The problem is that one user in our home is smartass enough to change the MAC address of his computer each time the parental control blocks his internet. Ofcourse the Deco notifies me that a new device is noticed on the network and than I can manually block the device but is there anyway it can be done automatically?
The Deco acts like a router and is directly connected to my ISP modem.
Is there any other option to block unknown MAC addresses from the internet should there be no possibility to achieve this with the Deco?
Thanks for your replies.
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My solution is to only provide my child with the password to the Guest Network.
Then I can just turn the guest network on and off.
Of course, with this option I do not have access to the other parental control features - but for me without a whitelist - parental control is WORTHLESS.
Still very dissapointed with this product.
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My son:
plugs a wire - circumvents wifi password protection
uses a 3rd party software on windows to change MAC address - bypasses system setting preventing "Random Hardware Address" and bypassing all parental controls via a new MAC id every time.
uses misc accounts (likely including his moms' too) to bypass Microsoft parental controls
he also edits Windows Registry, I don't know what the hat he does with that
Here are my possible solutions:
everybody here go to Amazon and give 1 star to Deco products and write reviews
return it to the store
pour silicone in the ethernet port on all 3 mesh routers (I suppose this will still not solve the problem since he can use still abuse the single wifi connection the device has)
wait for him to be 18 and kick him out of the house
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Kofana wrote
My son:
plugs a wire - circumvents wifi password protection
uses a 3rd party software on windows to change MAC address - bypasses system setting preventing "Random Hardware Address" and bypassing all parental controls via a new MAC id every time.
uses misc accounts (likely including his moms' too) to bypass Microsoft parental controls
he also edits Windows Registry, I don't know what the hat he does with that
Here are my possible solutions:
everybody here go to Amazon and give 1 star to Deco products and write reviews
return it to the store
pour silicone in the ethernet port on all 3 mesh routers (I suppose this will still not solve the problem since he can use still abuse the single wifi connection the device has)
wait for him to be 18 and kick him out of the house
You missed one obvious option: get different brand of WiFi mesh, the one that fits your requirements:
1) Parental controls;
and
2) Either whitelist or even better: assigning any new device to default profile for which you can define the strictest parental control rules.
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@TP-Link 5 years in and nothing? You mark a response as a solution which everyone knows is not one... how can you be so incompetent?
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@Ctm83 Good point - the response being marked as a solution seems to means that TP-Link will ignore the thread - so I started a new one here:
https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/658132
and got a response from TP-Link advising they have added Access Control modes in other models!!!!!!
So follow this thread and add your concerns:
https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/658132
Ctm83 wrote
@TP-Link 5 years in and nothing? You mark a response as a solution which everyone knows is not one... how can you be so incompetent?
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Yeah, LET'S ALL GO TO THE NEW THREAD TO GET SOME ACTION ! ! !
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@Tussockland Or do what I did and replace TP-Link with better equipment.
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@TP-Link It really doesn't require anything comprehensive. Ancient "wifi-routers" used to have this.
It will make it annoying for apple & samsung users but that's the price that kids have to pay for not following the rules.
Seriously though, variable MAC just makes it trivial to circumvent and this is needed.
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@TheBuzzard This functionality exists in TP-Link AX-11000.
Security // Access Control // Access Mode => [x] Blacklist [ ] Whitelist.
Blacklist is default.
Whitelist is there for you ...
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@100sCustomers I literally returned the TP-Link DECO product because in order to configure it you needed a working internet connection. A login to their website and a smartphone ... what garbage.
TP-Link AX-11000 is NOT a multi-access point setup but at least it works like i want it to.
Might have to go the DD-WRT path to get what you really want.
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