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Failed To Change Mac Address For Wireless Network Connection Set The First Octet Work

Troubleshooting: "Failed to Change MAC Address for Wireless Network Connection"

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When manually setting a MAC address in Windows or Linux, the most common reason for failure is not following the for the first octet. For a MAC address to be accepted as a valid, locally administered unicast address, the second hex digit must be 2, 6, A, or E . Troubleshooting: "Failed to Change MAC Address for Wireless

  1. sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager
  2. sudo ip link set dev wlan0 down
  3. sudo ip link set dev wlan0 address 02:AB:CD:EF:12:34
  4. sudo ip link set dev wlan0 up
  5. ip link show dev wlan0 (confirm new MAC)

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