One iPhone, two MACaddrs

Go to Settings/Wi-Fi, tap on the i next to each SSID and turn off Private Wi-Fi address. This is a security feature that sends a false MAC address so public Wi-Fi networks can’t track you. But you don’t need it for your own router. Once you turn it off you will see a message saying your connection is not private, but you can ignore that because you don’t care that your router “knows” that it’s your phone.

But it doesn’t do any harm, either because MAC address is only used to identify the connection between the router and the phone; it doesn’t go beyond the router. That is, no external entities see it.

BitBytr wrote:

Erm, thanks, but ... That's turning off the virtual private Mac address function on the device which is primarily to enhance security on public networks. Your solution doesn't address my problem at all, I'm afraid. The (one) virtual address in the router listing is from the extender not the device.

The virtual private MAC address feature is for each specific router connection. So you can turn it off for one router, but it will remain in force for other networks. It isn’t a global setting. You are correct that it is to enhance security on public networks, but you can turn it off for your network only. And the enhanced security feature that it protects against is tracking you as you move from one network to another.

I checked the Netgear FAQs etc. and, as expected, Netgear is rubbish and doesn't allow you to disable the 'feature' on the EX7000 piece of ... kit.