Need more info : requirements for bridging 5G ZTE router to NanoPi R4S

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@CryptoWizard

it WILL have some sort of MAC then?

yes, but you'll end up with something random, on every reboot.

Constantly changing MAC (nanopi r5c)

I'm testing a nanopi r5c running openwrt and the MAC keeps changing on reboot. Is there a way to get the factory MAC back and keep it so it doesn't change on reboots? I cannot hard code the MAC in the network file because I use the same image to flash other of the same device. This is what I'm using at the moment; https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/rockchip/armv8/

ImageBuilder; Cannot upgrade OS running on eMMC

NanoPi 5rc router. From what I'm reading, there is no point in using hexdump after the router is up and running because that's only showing runtime info. I need to find a way to get deeper into the hardware but from the openwrt command line so I could dig that MAC's out and set those in the network file and do this automatically if I re-flash the device. Who's great idea is it to constantly change MAC? Is this the future? What a mess it causes.