Mac address isn't changed A unique value

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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hello!
I'm in trouble since router itself does not behave at arbitrary MAC address.I tried rewriting the router's MAC address in several ways.

The way you tried so far
1:I accessed 192.168.1.1 with google chrome and rewritten the MAC address of LEDE->Network->Interface->WAN Edit->Advanced setting->Client ID and Vendor class.
2: I accessed 192.168.1.1 with terminal of mac and added "option macaddr 'XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX' " . The place I wrote "config interface 'wan' " in /etc/config/network.
3: I used the following command.
ifconfig eth1 down
ifconfig eth1 hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
ifconfig eth1 up

Ways 1 and 2 tried reboot but there was no change. Way 3 can not be accessed using command "ifconfig eth1 down". I couldn't see the change when I use "ifconfig" to check the MAC address in router and "arp -a" to check the MAC address in PC.

Thanks in advance!

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fwiw, for method '2', check the 2nd digit Y in the mac address XY:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is an even number. eg. 0, 2, 4 etc. Otherwise, it will be ignored if it is a odd number.

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Thank you for replying bill888 !.
There was a change with your advice.The MAC address of eth0.2 has changed when I run ifconfig by making a change to "option macaddr XY:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX".

I have 2 questions.
Is the mac address of the router looking from outside changed?
(The expression "The router looking from outside " is the MAC address of the blue socket of the router as seen from the WAN.)
Please allow me to ask questions like this because I do not know how to check the MAC address seen from the outside.

Thanks in advance!

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If ip link shows the desired MAC address for br-wan then it should be the MAC address seen by someone "on the wire" connected to the "blue" socket (for a normal OpenWRT configuration).

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Thank you for replying jeff !.

When confirmed with ifconfig and google chrome, change of MAC address was confirmed.
Thank you bill888 and jeff !

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Are you able to install packages? opkg install macchanger for instance?

ifconfig eth0.2 down
macchanger -r eth0.2
ifconfig eth0.2 up
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yes, the MAC address is changed on the WAN interface when viewed from WAN side of interface.

fwiw, on my HH5a, I had the issue where the WAN interface generated a different MAC address every time the router was power cycled. When it is wired to the LAN of my main router, the WAN interface when configured as a 'DHCP client' had the undesirable effect of acquiring a different DHCP IP address every time the HH5a was restarted. Using 'option macaddr' resolved the problem.