New Device with Private Address

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Pklocke

• March 19, 2024 14:47

I received an alert from firewalla app today, indicating a new device had joined my network with a private address, and there was, what appeared to be a link indicating how to disable allowing private addressing (blue font) but it did not work.  How do I turn this off?  I do not want unidentified devices connecting to my network.  Ideas appreciated.

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  Firewalla

  • March 19, 2024 15:50

  Can you paste the alarm? want to see what you mean by "private address". Usually you can use new device quarantine feature to lock them.

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  Pklocke

  • March 19, 2024 17:28

  Hi..thx for responding.  I 'stupidly' blocked the device once i got the alert, and that apparently makes the alert disappear.  I wish their was an alert history somewhere. Sigh...

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  Daemoch

  • March 20, 2024 21:11

  Anyone get a new iPhone?  Ive been seeing that with Apple products trying to mask their MACs.  Every connection it'll spin out a new mask.  Really annoying.  Eats up all my IP pools pretty fast.  I shortened the lease times to help compensate.
  
  https://blog.elevensoftware.com/how-mac-address-randomization-can-affect-the-wifi-experience

   

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  Pklocke

  • March 20, 2024 22:01

  You know, that could very well be it. My son and his wife had come over to visit and they both have iPhones. I did not see the alert actually until the following day but that to me just be because I missed it on the actual day that they were over. That must be it. Otherwise I'm stumped. I read up on this feature in the link you shared so I appreciate that. Thank you!

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