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      oznet
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      I have a pixel phone and I found no internet access via wifi today? I rebooted the phone and no luck. It uses randomized mac address and no way to turn this off so I can have a consistent mac address.

      I then noticed a stack of randomized macs in the dhcp server so I cleared the the dhcp leases and connected the phone to wifi and all good to go!

      Is there a way to ensure this does not happen again on the 2100 since there is no way to use a dedicated mac address on the phone?

      Cheers

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        FireOdo @oznet
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        @oznet Hi, have a look here:
        https://www.howtogeek.com/722653/how-to-disable-random-wi-fi-mac-address-on-android/

        BTW - I have no Google Pixel but deactivation of randomized Mac is a standard android feature IMHO

        Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
        SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
        pfsense 2.9.0 CE
        Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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          oznet @FireOdo
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          @FireOdo Yes thank you! I did eventually find it under privacy on the GrapheneOS phone, did not think it would be under this menu!

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