From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 16/09/2024 23:30, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   > On 9/15/2024 9:36 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> Unfortunately you are probably the only one here that is using RedHat   
   >> on a Pi.   
   >   
   > You may well be right about that.   
   >   
   >> AFAIK, ethernet defaults to 'one permanent MAC address' - its only   
   >> wifi that tends to switch around for security in public wifi spaces.   
   >>   
   >> Have you actually checked to see if you are getting ethernet   
   >> randomisation?   
   >> ifconfig -a will display it   
   >   
   > Thank you for an actually useful suggestion. I had forgotten to check   
   > that and just assumed that was the cause of a change in IP address.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   Hang on a minute.... IP address or MAC address?   
      
   IP address may change any time you connect to the DHCP server (if you   
   are using DHCP).   
      
   ifconfig -a   
   eth0: flags=4163  mtu 1500   
           *inet 192.168.0.101*  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.255   
            inet6 fe80::9a2:3187:4600:cfc1  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20   
           *ether d8:3a:dd:85:22:b1*  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)   
            RX packets 335547  bytes 39007037 (37.2 MiB)   
            RX errors 0  dropped 158  overruns 0  frame 0   
            TX packets 348598  bytes 256465720 (244.5 MiB)   
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0   
      
   This is a statically configured *IP address* on a Pi 4B   
   I assume the Ethernet *MAC* address is always the same.   
      
   Looking up the MAC address online:   
   Result:   
   MAC Address Prefix	Manufacturer   
   D83ADD				Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd   
      
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