Block unknown devices on Deco M9 - user changes MAC address to fool parental controls
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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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I am also waiting... I really love the Deco but I might have to start looking for a different solution if this isn't resolved.
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@7dwergen we need this too!!!
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It is just too simple to pass around parental controls.
Please fix this tp-link, we really need it...
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@7dwergen another vote for this feature. Just came here to check on why this was happening and realized my kid is getting smarter. Anyway around or should basically return my Deco
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Deco M9 V2 firmware 1.5.0: Added support for whitelist under Malicious Content Filters of Antivirus.
Released for Europe already. Not yet for North America, but hopefully soon.
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The malicious content filter whitelist feature you mentioned is for exempting websites from content filtering. It would only be useful if the antivirus feature blocked a site users expect to function.
It is totally unrelated to the request on this thread for clear listing MAC addresses.
deco users would like the ability to deny access to the internet by default, allowing access only if a MAC address has been cleared or approved
Currently we can only block known MAC addresses ( rather than unknown ones ).
This means we do not have the ability to block unknown devices, and we cannot use parental controls for operating systems that support MAC privacy ( enabled by default on iPhone or iPad ).
To reiterate -- every iPhone or iPad automatically circumvents parental controls by default. This can only be fixed with a MAC whitelisting
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Sorry I am confused. I was basically looking for ability to control devices of my kids by simply blocking access at specific hours. At the moment, the dynamic MAC address is preventing this from happening. So parental control is a complete failure to me
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I would also like to see this feature added. Shame the original request was so long ago and no feedback has been given. Parental controls on my Deco system are now useless due to a smart ar*e kid too!
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Hi, all the feedback about the whitelist of MAC filtering has been reported.
In the short term, this feature would still not be added.
And we would still keep attention to the similar feedback for further arrangement;
Thank you very much.
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