| Description |
This article describes how to fix an issue encountered after adding a WiFi interface on a software switch in FortiWifi. After rebooting, the network profile changes from private to public. This is because the MAC address on the software switch is continuously changing to a random MAC address.
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| Scope | FortiWiFi / FortiOS 7.0.1 and later. |
| Solution |
In this example, the network profile is set as private.
After rebooting, note that the LAN mac address was changed from 00:FF:77:C9:F2:E2 to 00:FF:01:23:58:C3.
This network profile also changed from Private to Public.
To prevent this from happening, configure a static MAC address on the WiFi interface:
config system interface edit wifi set macaddr 02:FF:01:23:58:C3 end
After setting the static MAC address on the WiFi interface, the network profile no longer changes from private to public even after a reboot:
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