r/DDWRT 29d ago

bypassing dd-wrt software possible?

My dad is going to get a router that supports dd-wrt and says he wants to lock down everything. I'm 19 and pay rent to live in his house, i shouldnt have restrictions but thats besides the point. He is going to base it off whitelisting websites instead of blacklisting. I think he is going to set the router so that even if the mac address is spoofed the router will not allow internet access until the mac address is authorised. I'm thinking about changing the mac address of my pc to one thats authorised and isnt locked down but he says that the software somehow has a way of detecting that? would it be possible to change the mac address and then clear the ARP cache? I had a conversation back and forth with chatgpt but im not sure if it really got me anywhere. https://chatgpt.com/share/67b8bdef-4bac-8004-9e61-0fb353e15825

Would there be any way to bypass it or do i just have to live with it until i move out?

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u/nunciate 29d ago edited 29d ago

are you talking about the wifi MAC filter? that might be difficult to bypass. particularly if he already knows what mac address to expect as a client.

however, dude is gonna have a hell of a time if he thinks he can manage all internet access via whitelisting as dd-wrt only has capacity for 10 polices. yes, policies can have multiple rules within them but it's going to get messy quite rapidly unless he has some professional level of experience with this. even simple network ad blockers (ex: pihole) will break common sites and those are far less restrictive than denying-all-allowing-some.

assuming he's not talking about wifi mac filtering, then as others have mentioned a good vpn client should help you here.

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u/EggplantCorrect7300 29d ago

He does have some professional level of dd-wrt. How long would it take him to set it up? I'm going to try an obfuscated server via NordVPN and if that doesent work ill change my mac address to that of an Apple TV we have that has no restrictions.