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[a7vtys]

Hi, not sure if anyone can shed any light on this but if a new device (iphone) keeps joining as a new device to the router (cycling the phone to appear as a new phone on the network) does this clog the router up as it will appear that it may have 80+ iphones connected to it? 

I basically need to restrcit some sites but they try to bypass this by cycling the phone. 

Thanks

[jamesn123]

@a7vtys 

It doesnt clog up the router no. If you want to avoid it happening you can switch off the Randomised MAC address setting in the WiFi settings. I believe Apple calls it 'WiFi privacy' or something like that. 

[a7vtys]

Thanks very much for the answer. As long as it does not clog up the router that is fine. I remember an engineer coming out and asking why we had so many devices on the router (kids adding their friends mobiles etc) and he said it slows it down as it is constantly looking for these devices. 

I would not be able to turn off the feature on their phone as they would not allow it., but it does not matter too much if having 80+ devices on one profile does not slow the internet/function of the router down.

[jamesn123]

@a7vtys 

No it should be fine. What I'd recommend is doing a monthly reboot of the router as this will clear out any old entries that are not currently connected to the hub. 

[a7vtys]

Good suggestion, thanks for the help.