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Question posted by Davham201 on April 11th, 2014

If You Factory Reset Dlink Router Can You Assign It A New Mac Address?

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Answer #1: Posted by freginold on June 18th, 2014 4:47 PM

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Hi, the MAC address is hardwired into the router, so even if you factory reset the router, you won't be able to choose a new MAC address. With some routers, you can clone another MAC address, but factory resetting the router won't allow you to pick a brand new MAC address.

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Product Manual - Page 24

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