How's son bypassing BT wifi time restrictions on his Xbox to play online late at night?

[gspearson]

Is it not just time to have one of those parent/almost adult son conversations and come to a reasoned conclusion?

[brookheather]

I wouldn't bother with trying to get MAC address filtering working - they will just workaround it by cloning another device's MAC address which is allowed access (e.g. a smart TV or Alexa or smart plug etc.) - or they can just set a static IP address on the device bypassing the DHCP controls.

[Keith_Beddoe]

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@brookheather wrote:

I wouldn't bother with trying to get MAC address filtering working - they will just workaround it by cloning another device's MAC address which is allowed access (e.g. a smart TV or Alexa or smart plug etc.).

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They would have to know what those MAC addresses were, and if they did find one, the router would reject it as a duplicate device on the network, as that MAC would have already been allocated to an IP address. 

[gg30340]

By far the best Parental Controls are ...... the parent. Take the device away from him until he learns the rules of the house. That means removal completely not just at a designated time.

[brookheather]

Lots of devices will show their MAC address either on a display or printed on the device.  You can also use an app like Net Scan on a phone which will show you all the connected device MAC addresses and IP addresses. So long as that device is turned off then there wouldn't be a conflict.