Windows 10: Real Difference Between "On" and "Change daily" Random Hardware Addresses

Hello,this thread should be reopened or deleted because the answer is wrong.The answer says that "Change daily" is basically WEAKER than "On" as it allegedly will only change your hardware address i.e. MAC once a day instead of every time you connect which is not correct.It is the other way around!The random MACs are assigned per SSID. This means that each time you connect to the same WiFi network with the option set to "On", Windows will still report the same but spoofed MAC address. You can easily see this with "ipconfig /all" after toggling WiFi off/on look for the "Physical addre

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Random Hardware (Mac) Address - Windows 10

Exactly what I suspected!

next question is...does it mean I can't change/spoof my mac address even by using third party softwareor registry editing?

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is there a list of wifi adapters that support the "random hardware address" feature?

 

Random Hardware (Mac) Address - Windows 10

Second question first: "Is there a list of WiFi adapters that supports random hardware address?"

Maybe. If so, it will be on the internet, so try searching.

"Does it mean I can't change/spoof my mac address even by using third party software or registry editing?"

As you know, MAC addresses are assigned at the factory. But it's not difficult to spoof a MAC address, and you can find detailed instructions on the internet.

Normally, I don't like to send people to the internet if I can explain something on my own. But this - spoofing MAC addresses - is not something I've done myself, nor do I have the interest to do that, so unless someone who knows how joins the thread, it's
happy hunting to you.

 

What is "Random Hardware Address" ?

What is "Random Hardware Address" ?

I want to know the detail information of "Random Hardware Address" function of Wi-Fi.

Please the documents/url about it.

Regards,

Yoshihiro Kawabata