plz - where is the script to change my wan mac ?

[consorts]

sorry to bother you all, but "wan mac" won't search and "change" brings up half the forum, so i was hoping someone who had already changed the wan mac on their router, could link me in the direction of what script is used to accomplish this, where to edit it, how to auto run on start it, etc. the point is i don't want my isp to see me using the same router for whatever reason so i'll also be changing it's domain name, device name, login name, etc. of course, i could always take another gig router and turn that into a bridge, but i'd rather not...

 

[ColinTaylor]

If this is a one-off (or very occasional) change you can do it without a script through the router's GUI using the WAN > MAC Address field.

 

[Datalink]

As @ColinTaylor indicated, this is a one of change, or as often as you want to do it. Prior to the 384.xxx firmware, if you entered an invalid MAC address, you would see a warning beside the MAC address field. So you would know immediately if there was a problem with the entered MAC address. With 384.xxx that warning is gone. So, if you accept an invalid MAC address and reboot the router, you'll end up without a WAN IP address and an alert, which if I remember correctly, indicates that your ISP isn't working, or something to that effect.

 

[consorts]

if you entered an invalid MAC address

i have a lot of old junk retired junk i could get a mac from.
do mac's have some sort of range or pattern that indicates make/model?
so if a mac was for example 00:1A:C2:7B:00:47 (just some google result)
is there any part of that address i should keep intact,
while maybe changing a few hexadecimals on the rest of it?

 

[ColinTaylor]

do mac's have some sort of range or pattern that indicates make/model?

Yes. Google is your friend:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address
https://macvendors.com/

 

[consorts]

https://macvendors.com/

thanks, it seems everyone here starts with; bc:ae:c5

 

[consorts]

if you accept an invalid MAC address and reboot the router, you'll end up without a WAN IP address and an alert, which if I remember correctly, indicates that your ISP isn't working, or something to that effect.

thanks, so one other question for people who have already attempted this;

will changing the WAN MAC manually, automatically change the LAN MACs for wired wifi2 wifi5 nics? the reason i ask is because i noticed mine are nearly the same MAC, only the last hexidecimal is different, so does wired lan wifi2 wifi5 only reflect what asus manufactured it to be, or is it displaced off whatever the MAC may be at the moment.

 

[ColinTaylor]

will changing the WAN MAC manually, automatically change the LAN MACs for wired wifi2 wifi5 nics?

No it doesn't.

 

[dev_null]

No it doesn't.

Is there a way to change wireless MACs on the fly like Tomato does with Merlin?

 

[ColinTaylor]

Is there a way to change wireless MACs on the fly like Tomato does with Merlin?

No.