Hardwired Ethernet Port's Mac Address keeps changing

[gd48202]

Hi,

I have an issue where my hardwired ethernet port's mac address changes every time the Z4 is rebooted. I know that I could just set a static IP, but I have my router doing some filtering on mac addresses whether they be wireless or wired. In the link below there is a utility (tool to set the static MAC address: rk3188-UpgradeDll-tool-v1.26.zip) to set a static address but it is for the RK3188 chip set. Is there a location in the file system that I can manually enter a preferred mac address?

http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/rk3188-devices/k-r42-cs918-mk888-jesurun/9042-update-k-r42-wasser-firmware-kikat-android-4-4-2

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
GD

[Roland Deschan]

http://4pda.ru/forum/dl/post/5421132/MAC.rar

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.pk&sl=ru&u=http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php%3Fshowtopic%3D490384%26st%3D5480&usg=ALkJrhhUrmDv7zjX00axLMlqvMuG1M3avQ#entry36031474

You will have to register to download.

[Yorgosphere]

registering is not possible for those of us who cant read russian... the captcha asks for a 4 digit number. any way someone who can solve this registration enigma upload the file?

[mo123]

registering is not possible for those of us who cant read russian... the captcha asks for a 4 digit number. any way someone who can solve this registration enigma upload the file?

I think the answer to the captcha is the 1 number minus the second one or something like that.

[Yorgosphere]

this is what im looking at

[mo123]

this is what im looking at

You can try a virtual Russian to English keyboard website or translate all the letters in the alphabet on Google Translate to Russian and try to decipher the code.

[gd48202]

is there any chance that someone who can register on this russian site get the file and put it somewhere where we can all get access to it? i have tried everything to get registered at the site with no luck. if you could get it and post, it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks
GD

[gd48202]

After much grief, I finally got onto the website and got the file. The contents of the rar was a file titled install-recovery.sh

Based on what I have read this file would go into the system/etc folder on the box.

If someone more knowledgeable than I can please confirm, it would be appreciated.

The following is the contents of the file

#!/system/bin/sh

# If you're implementing this in a custom kernel/firmware,
# I suggest you use a different script name, and add a service
# to launch it from init.rc

# Launches SuperSU in daemon mode only on Android 4.3+.
# Nothing will happen on 4.2.x or older, unless SELinux+Enforcing.
# If you want to force loading the daemon, use "--daemon" instead

/system/xbin/daemonsu --auto-daemon &
ip link set eth0 address 96:e8:4b:d4:70:00

# Some apps like to run stuff from this script as well, that will
# obviously break root - in your code, just search this file
# for "install-recovery-2.sh", and if present, write there instead.

/system/etc/install-recovery-2.sh



GD

[prahjister]

try adding ip link set eth0 address 96:e8:4b:d4:70:00 to installapk.sh that is present in most roms in /system/bin....you might find another script that starts every boot as well on that device. you can look at the end of init.rc to verify/search for scripts that run at boot. also i found adding a sleep 10 command sometimes helps before the command you are trying if it doesn't work.

[gd48202]

This worked great.

Thanks everyone.

GD

[Yorgosphere]

Just to be clear- you put the file (install-recovery.sh) in the system/etc folder and now when you restart the device the ethernet mac is static at 96:e8:4b:d4:70:00? Did you have to change anything else?

[gd48202]

I actually edited the install-recovery.sh file located in system/bin. I added

ip link set eth0 address 96:e8:4b:d4:70:00

after the following line

/system/xbin/daemonsu --auto-daemon &

I also changed the last 3 pairs (d4:70:00) to something else, just so it was different. I initially tried changing all 6 pairs of numbers and it did not work.

Now I have a mac address that does not change every reboot.

GD

[Yorgosphere]

on my device "install-recovery.sh" didn't exist even though it was mentioned in the init.rc file. I got it working by making a text file with the following lines:
#!/system/bin/sh

/system/xbin/daemonsu --auto--daemon &
ip link set eth0 address 96:e8:4b:d4:70:00

then I named it install-recovery and changed the extension to .sh and put it in system/bin

Thanks