Click Advanced in the lower right corner. Note that, it costs money to actually acquire MAC addresses (eg ones intended to be permanently assigned to the device. In the left-hand pane, select the name of the network to which you are currently connected.
#Asus mac address change how to#
There are situations when you might need to change your MAC address.If you followed this tutorial and changed the network address of your adapter, you also need to know how to restore it to the default value. Most network adapters since moving to on-board chips have allowed the MAC address to be overridden, However, you can't just pick arbitrary MAC addresses. Restoring MAC address in Windows 11 and Windows 10 using Device Manager. On a wireless device, if randomization of the MAC address is not what you need, then I question why you'd want to change it. You can choose either the web GUI or ASUS Router app to set up your router. You can find it on the label on the back of your router. Wi-Fi Name (SSID): ASUSXX XX refers to the last two digits of 2.4GHz MAC address. So there's no legitimate reason to change the MAC address on a wired device. For better network security, change to a unique SSID and assign a password. MAC address randomization is more of a privacy thing and only done over open wifi to avoid tracking by the AP provider, or anyone snooping on unencrypted traffic nearby (eg like a cafe or an airport terminal.) The reason, again, is that someone asking how to is usually up to no good, as there is no legitimate reason to do this other than to evade a filter/ban elsewhere. It's like asking to change the fingerprints of the device. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. We need it to be disable in order to do some MAC filtering. Good technical considerations, but my curiosity is more about it was "not technically legal", and I am interested if I'm missing something there. I discovered that my sons Windows 10 laptop WiFi hardware MAC address keeps changing.