ACL is urgent required for Parent Control

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ACL is urgent required for Parent Control
ACL is urgent required for Parent Control
2023-09-13 12:52:38
Model: Deco X20  
Hardware Version: V20
Firmware Version: 1.0.9

Access Control List, White List, Allowed MAC, what even the names could be, we need to have such function to only allow certain MAC addresses. 

With Windows 11, kids can Setting > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi > Manage known networks > deco wifi, turn on Random hardware address. turn off and on WiFi. Reconnect to deco WiFi with the same password. Then, bypass all Parent Control settings. 

All settings and restrictions we did in Deco App become useless within 10 seconds time. Kids can keep on doing this as many time as they want to. Disable WiFi, enable it. 5 seconds. A new device connect to Deco. 

TP Link Technicians, hurry up. What are you guys doing? The Parent Control function is totally useless now. 

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Re:ACL is urgent required for Parent Control
2023-09-13 13:29:34

  @NJin 
Did some search for Windows 11. 

Using the Registry, we can turn this Random hardware address option off. 

 

 

Launch Registry(regedit)

1. Locate the network adapter configuration that was configured with the random mac address feature in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
The network adapter maker’s name can suggest the proper subfolder of {4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.

2. Right-click on the folder that matches your device. For example, if the “0001” folder matches your device, right-click on the folder. Select New → String Value. Name the new value “NetworkAddress”.

3. Double-click the new Network Address entry. In the “Value data” field, enter your new MAC address. MAC addresses are 12-digit values, and should be entered without any dashes or colons. For example, if you want to make the MAC address “2A:1B:4C:3D:6E:5F”, you would enter “2A1B4C3D6E5F”

4. Restart the computer. You will notice in the wifi adapter advanced configuration settings that the random mac address option is greyed out.

 

In case kids also find this out. You can use Permission setting on that folder in Registry key. That would prevent standard users to make change/delete it. 

 

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