Control bandwidth of IP range

[Indi]

Is this possible one way or another?

 

[ColinTaylor]

This question makes no sense. Are you talking about Wi-Fi, QoS, or something else? Please give an example of what you're wanting to do.

 

[Indi]

This question makes no sense. Are you talking about Wi-Fi, QoS, or something else? Please give an example of what you're wanting to do.

Limit download/upload speed or other method of control.

Parental controls and port forward rely on mac addresses.
iphones especially have randomised mac addressing.
Makes Parental Controls redundant.

If one could have Parental Controls over an ip range then one could take control back.

 

[jetpack42]

Limit download/upload speed or other method of control.

Parental controls and port forward rely on mac addresses.
iphones especially have randomised mac addressing.
Makes Parental Controls redundant.

If one could have Parental Controls over an ip range then one could take control back.

An alternative would be to outright disable the "Private Wi-Fi Address" feature on iOS/iPadOS/Mac OS. It can be turned off on a per-network basis (meaning if you turn it off while connected to your Wi-Fi, it will only be disabled for your Wi-Fi network, and it will continue to randomize its MAC address on new networks). That way, you can use the parental control feature and not have to jump through hoops to enforce rules on a range of IP addresses.

Also - if you are more comfortable with having a random MAC address, and you have iOS 18, you can set the Private Wi-Fi Address feature to "fixed" instead of "rotating". Your iPhone will still get a randomized MAC, but it will keep the same randomized MAC address while connected to your network, and, you'll also be able to use parental controls again.

(source: I unfortunately own a apple device, and https://support.apple.com/en-ca/102509)