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
- sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager
- sudo ip link set dev wlan0 down
- sudo ip link set dev wlan0 address 02:AB:CD:EF:12:34
- sudo ip link set dev wlan0 up
- ip link show dev wlan0 (confirm new MAC)