Subj : Re: How do I get my Pi4 (Fedora) to use a real and stable MAC address?
To   : Lawrence D'Oliveiro
From : Lars Poulsen
Date : Sun Sep 15 2024 18:02:27

On 9/15/2024 4:53 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:08:07 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 22:31:58 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:
>>
>>> Or, a quick look at the docs
>>> <https://manpages.debian.org/8/ip-link.8.en.html> gives
>>>
>>>      ip link set «device» address «addr»
>>
>> Actually, I think it might be
>>
>>      ip link set «device» macaddr ...
>
> No, it is in fact the first form. Note that the link must be down before
> you can change its MAC address.
>
> Also if you set this to a non-default value, “ip link show” will show that
> default value as the “permaddr”. So you can easily set it back to that.

Running headless, using ssh to login, I cannot use an interactive
command to do this. Does this information live in a configuration file
somewhere under /etc?
And the difference between raspian (a Debian derivative) and Fedora
(which uses systemd) *does* make a difference.

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