# Configuring MAC address

**URL:** <https://community.morsemicro.com/t/configuring-mac-address/753>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [August 17, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.morsemicro.com/t/configuring-mac-address/753 "2025-08-17T20:25:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Skt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@Skt](https://community.morsemicro.com/u/Skt)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.morsemicro.com/t/configuring-mac-address/753/1 "2025-08-17T20:25:20Z")

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Hi I need to configure the MAC address (change it from the pre-configured mac address),Help please.

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**Author:** ![cmistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@cmistry](https://community.morsemicro.com/u/cmistry)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://community.morsemicro.com/t/configuring-mac-address/753/2 "2025-08-18T01:26:43Z")

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Hi @Skt

Out of curiosity, why are you doing this? You should not need to as the MAC address is burnt into the chip by the module manufacturer and is read by the firmware on init.

If you really need to change it, it can be done with standard IP linux commands

```auto
ip link set dev wlan0 down
ip link set dev wlan0 addr 0e:bf:74:00:00:01
ip link set dev wlan0 up
ip addr show

```