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Wifi mac addresses changed after ios14 upgrade

I noticed that on both on my iphone (7plus) and ipad air my mac addresses changes, causing the dhcp server to complain about nodename having changed a mac address.

Anyone else experienced this?

iPad mini, iOS 9

Posted on Sep 22, 2020 1:16 PM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2020 3:54 PM

There is a new privacy feature included within iOS/iPadOS14 that hides your physical MAC Address - and instead uses a randomly selected Private MAC Address. This feature can be enabled/disabled on your iPhone/iPad for each configured WiFi Network:

Settings > WiFi > [WiFi Network Name / SSID] > Private Address - set to OFF to disable


More information about this new feature can be found here:

Use private Wi-Fi addresses in iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and watchOS 7 – Apple Support

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Sep 22, 2020 3:54 PM in response to peterbr_

There is a new privacy feature included within iOS/iPadOS14 that hides your physical MAC Address - and instead uses a randomly selected Private MAC Address. This feature can be enabled/disabled on your iPhone/iPad for each configured WiFi Network:

Settings > WiFi > [WiFi Network Name / SSID] > Private Address - set to OFF to disable


More information about this new feature can be found here:

Use private Wi-Fi addresses in iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and watchOS 7 – Apple Support

Wifi mac addresses changed after ios14 upgrade

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