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diy:change-mac [2024/06/07 03:50] – [Manually, with PowerShell] Humphrey Boa-Gartdiy:change-mac [2024/08/06 05:48] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 **ifconfig** (short for "interface config") is a command-line network management utility that has been in use on Unix-like systems since 1983. Many alternatives have come and gone, but ifconfig remains the de facto standard on most BSD, MacOS and Linux machines. **ifconfig** (short for "interface config") is a command-line network management utility that has been in use on Unix-like systems since 1983. Many alternatives have come and gone, but ifconfig remains the de facto standard on most BSD, MacOS and Linux machines.
  
-Run ''ifconfig'' to find your network adapter name:+Run ''ifconfig'' in your [[tools:bash|shell]] to find your network adapter name:
  
   $ ifconfig   $ ifconfig
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 ===== Android Instructions ===== ===== Android Instructions =====
  
-{{ :diy:non-persistent-option.png|}}+[{{ :diy:non-persistent-option.png|Non-persistent MAC randomization can be enabled in Developer Options, without rooting your Android device.}}]
  
-Starting with Android 10, MAC address randomization is enabled by default. (You can double-check this if you hit the gear icon for your current wifi network, and look at the **Privacy** setting.)+Changing your MAC address on Android is an ordeal which traditionally has involved rooting your phone. This isn't so much a problem anymore, as starting with Android 10, MAC address randomization is enabled by default. (You can double-check this if you hit the gear icon for your current wifi network, and look at the **Privacy** setting.)
  
-However, these randomized MAC addresses are //persistent//, meaning they are generated once for each wireless connection, and saved. Starting with Android 11, you can override this behavior, and force it to use //non-persistent// random addresses which constantly regenerate on a regular basis:+However, these randomized MAC addresses are //persistent//, meaning they are generated once for each wireless connection, and saved. Starting with Android 11, you can override this behavior, and force it to use //non-persistent// random addresses which constantly regenerate on a regular basis. 
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 +To set-and-forget this option:
  
   - In **Settings**, go to **System** and then **Developer options**.   - In **Settings**, go to **System** and then **Developer options**.
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