This invention provides a method of operating a
wireless local area network, the
wireless local area network including a
user device, a
wireless access point and a
wireless repeater, wherein the
wireless repeater is configured to virtualise a
Media Access Control, MAC, address of the
user device when the
user device is connected to the
wireless repeater by changing the Organisationally
Unique Identifier, OUI, of the
MAC address, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining data including a plurality of records, wherein each
record of the plurality of records relates to the user device and includes a
MAC address and a device
label of the user device, wherein at least one
record of the plurality of records includes a
MAC address that has been virtualised by the wireless
repeater;
processing each
record of the plurality of records by: determining that the MAC address of the processed record is a local MAC address, and, if so, identifying another record of the plurality of records that is uniquely associated with the user device based on the MAC address of the processed record by determining a
Network Interface Controller, NIC, value of the MAC address of the processed record, determining that the determined NIC value is uniquely associated with a device
label in the plurality of records, and identifying another record of the plurality of records having the associated device
label, and assigning a
unique identifier to the processed record based on the MAC address of the identified other record of the plurality of records; analysing the plurality of records having the
unique device identifier; and causing a reconfiguration in the wireless
local area network based on the analysis.