
Eero and iOS 14 private Wi-Fi MAC
Hi
I just bought the eero pro recently and what sold me was the content filtering and profiles so I could restrict access and adult context for the kids devices. Until iOS 14 came along. With the new private WI-FI setting in iOS 14 (which assigns a new MAC address each time an iPhone is logged in) a new device appears on the network. So if I assign a current device to a profile all the kid has to do get more access time is to log off and relog onto the network because the new network thinks it’s a completely new device. This can be hard to monitor during the evening. To get around this I enabled the guest network and changed the main network password and only gave them access to the guest network and I would turn it off the guest network when I go to bed. The issue with that is guest devices cannot be added to a profile so the devices can’t be content filtered.
Anyone have any advice how I can manage content filtering (adult, violence etc) using eero secure profiles and also restrict access times with this new iOS 14 feature (private wifi address)
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I am not more than 15 minutes into unboxing and already searching for a way to "deny all" on this device unless they have a profile. This is a very common network control methodology\permission setting. The filter\parental controls have -ZERO- value if a simple mac roll negates everything. This will be going back.
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I added a separate router to my eero setup via Ethernet cable to one of my eero's. it shows up in the app as a new device. Added it to its own profile. That router is the only router my kids have the password too. Just like any other device that has a profile you can do all the normal Pause, Schedule, Filter. a bit of a hack but works great..
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Eero and other similar mesh network Wi-Fi systems cannot manually change between the 2.4 and 5 GHz frequencies. If you want to be able to switch manually between the two frequencies or if you have a lot of 2.4 GHz-only devices, a selectable dual-band router may be a better choice for you than an Eero route.