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| author | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2023-02-10 05:03:38 -0500 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2023-02-10 07:47:37 -0500 |
| commit | 10652acf13a98ffb2fb7bc40155ac5d98ebfea6b (patch) | |
| tree | 182fa1e0ed1db81e72e152f58b5340585a8691e4 /static/usage.html | |
| parent | 1bc589d45f8496c3e6ecaa6f2e2a83f65e8594a3 (diff) | |
add paragraph about broken router DHCP tables
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diff --git a/static/usage.html b/static/usage.html index 88c4c8ca..705690c1 100644 --- a/static/usage.html +++ b/static/usage.html @@ -883,6 +883,16 @@ connecting to a network. It has 3 options available: "Use per-connection randomized MAC (default)", "Use per-network randomized MAC" and "Use device MAC".</p> + <p>In rare cases, broken routers are unable to accept new clients once their + DHCP table is full instead of clearing the last recently used entry. You can + work around this by manually clearing the DHCP table via the router + administration page and can switch to the per-network randomized MAC mode to + avoid triggering the issue again. This would prevent a router being used in + any situation where many clients naturally come and go even without + per-connection MAC randomization and is not generally an issue for any modern + routers. Per-connection MAC randomization only makes it more likely to find a + one of the rare routers with this issue.</p> + <p>The DHCP client uses the anonymity profile rather than sending a hostname so it doesn't compromise the privacy offered by MAC randomization. When the per-connection MAC randomization added by GrapheneOS is being used, DHCP |
