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How to set statick MAC address to my device?

Hi,

It seems like my device's MAC address changes every time I boot it.

# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0A:6B:65:14:7A:90
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3983 errors:0 dropped:2050 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:298295 (291.3 KiB) TX bytes:684 (684.0 B)
Interrupt:27

The 'HWaddr' field is different every time.
Is there a way to set a 'static' address so it remains the same after reboot?

Regards,
Wei Xu

MAC address is static by default. You need to take extra steps to randomize it.

Is this a virtual machine or a physical machine?

MAC Address by default is set by the manufacturer unless you are doing some kind of low level programming and making some accidental changes to your MAC address.

I can't find that vendor so I think that yes it should be always the same unless it is a virtual machine.

https://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/...c_address.html