Windows 10: A question about MAC Address

I have always thought that a MAC Address was hardware encoded and therefore permanently fixed to that specific hardware item.

At home I have a Network Monitor installed which monitors both Ethernet and WiFi. The internal IP addresses and MAC addresses are correctly displayed by the Network Monitor for the devices using the Broadband Router and these addresses agree with those shown by the Router and the connected devices.

The ISP that I use remotely reboots the Router quite regularly, about once a week, usually over a weekend when I assume they are doing some maintenance work. The internal IP addresses have always been in the 192.xxx... range, however at the last reboot of the Router, in addition to the 192 IP addresses a new set of IP addresses appeared in the 10.xxx.... range.

As these are also internal IP addresses I was not concerned, but what I have found confusing is that the MAC addresses associated with the 10.xxx... IP addresses are different to the MAC addresses associated with the 192.xxx... IP addresses, even though they refer to the same devices connected to the same Router.

The Network Monitor is now displaying a 192.xxx... IP address with an associated MAC address and a 10.xxx... IP address associated with a different MAC address for each network device.

Is that normal...

T.

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Change Mac address

The MAC address is like your devices ID ,so short of being able to change very core settings ,you're not gonna be able to do anything unless I'm mistaken.

Maybe you don't need to change your MAC address, what is it you're trying to accomplish?

Spoiler: I found this change mac w/o root I can't say whether or not this is an effective method it's just a method I found after searching this topic .
I cant say whether or not it is "safe" or if the software required is free. use at your own risk.

Change MAC Address of Android Devices without Root Access

Go to Settings>About Phone>Select Status and then make a note of the current MAC Address of your Android device.
Download the Android Terminal Emulator application from the Google Play Store. You can directly navigate to the Android Terminal Emulator Google Play Store download page by clicking here.
Launch the above application on your Android device and then type “IP LINK SHOW”.
Note the interface name of your Android device from the list.
And then type in the command below,
ip link set interfacename XX:XX:XX:YY:YY:YY
Replace interfacename with the Interface Name of your network that you noted in Step 4 above and XX:XX:XX:YY:YY:YY with the MAC Address you wish to set.
And that’s it. The MAC Address of your Android device will now be modified/changed.

 

Mac Addresses

There is a physical address list is that the same as mac address?

Of course it says it is a HW address list

 

Is it possible to asign MAC address to router ports?


To answer your question, yes you can. I don't know the Asus router to give you detailed instructions but what you are looking for is "MAC address whitelist"

Edit: found a link.
ASUS Wireless Router RT-N12 - MAC Filter

Simply use: MAC Filter Mode: Accept, then add the netgear MAC address to the list. That should be it.