In short, Macchanger makes it easy to spoof or change your MAC address.<\/p>\n
Here’s a quick how-to navigation for those who want to jump ahead.<\/p>\n
NOTE: <\/b>If macchanger is not installed on your system, follow the steps below to install it.<\/p>\nHow to install Macchanger<\/h3>\n
Open up a terminal and type the following:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install macchanger<\/p>\n
During the installation process, you’ll be asked if you want to spoof the MAC address each time you attach a ethernet cable or a network adapter.<\/p>\n
If you select yes, you’ll automatically be assigned a new MAC address for each interface brought up or plugged in. It’s up to you if you want to enable this or not.<\/p>\n
It’s up to you if you want to enable this or not.<\/p>\n
If you have mac-filtering enabled on your router, you’ll want to select NO on this one; otherwise, you won’t be able to connect to your own wifi.<\/b><\/p>\n
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Afterwards, check to make sure it’s installed and working by typing “macchanger” in the terminal.<\/p>\n
It should look like this:<\/p>\n
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How to display available network interfaces<\/h3>\n
Next, we need to determine the interface we want to spoof.<\/p>\n
To list all available network interfaces on your system, type the following command:<\/p>\n
ifconfig<\/p>\n
Depending on which interface you want to spoof, you’ll want to make sure you use the name of your interface. Mine is “wlan0.”<\/p>\n
Now that we know what interface to use, it’s time to get spoofin!<\/p>\n
Bring down the interface you want to spoof<\/h3>\n
If you spoof without bringing down the interface, you’ll get the “insufficient permission” or “device is busy” error.<\/p>\n
You must always bring the interface down before changing the MAC address. <\/b><\/p>\n
Here’s how:<\/b><\/p>\n
ifconfig wlan0 down<\/p>\n
Remember to replace “wlan0” with your interface.<\/p>\n
Print your MAC address<\/h3>\n
This will show you the current (and permanent) MAC address of an interface.<\/p>\n
-s <\/b>= print the MAC address<\/p>\n
macchanger -s wlan0\u200b<\/p>\n
Set (specify) your MAC address<\/h3>\n
This will set your MAC address to whatever value you assign it.<\/p>\n
-m <\/b>= set the MAC address<\/p>\n
macchanger -m 11:22:33:44:55:66 wlan0<\/p>\n
Change MAC address to a random vendor<\/h3>\n
This will randomize your MAC address and it will use one from a known vendor.<\/p>\n
NOTE: <\/b>A vendor is the manufacturer of the network interface card (ie. TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD)<\/p>\n
-A <\/b>= set a random MAC address of any kind.<\/p>\n
macchanger -A wlan0<\/p>\n
Change MAC address but use the same vendor<\/h3>\n
This will randomize your MAC address but it will use the same vendor as your current one.<\/p>\n
-a <\/b>= set a random MAC address of the same kind<\/p>\n
macchanger -a wlan0<\/p>\n
Change to a fully random MAC address with no vendor<\/h3>\n
This will set a fully random MAC address with no vendor.<\/p>\n
If you were to use a MAC address lookup tool<\/a>, it won’t be able to detect the manufacturer because it’s completely made up.<\/p>\n -r <\/b>= set a fully random MAC address<\/p>\n macchanger -r wlan0<\/p>\n This will revert the changes and it will go back to using the permanent MAC address of the interface.<\/p>\n -p <\/b>= reset to original MAC address \u200b<\/p>\n macchanger -p wlan0<\/p>\n If you want to set your own MAC address, this will show you a huge list of legit MAC vendors \u200byou can choose from.<\/p>\n -l <\/b>= print known vendors<\/p>\n macchanger -l<\/p>\n NOTE: <\/b>After making changes to the MAC address, you’ll need to bring the interface back up by typing: ifconfig wlan0 up.<\/i><\/p>\n If you don’t have macchanger installed, here’s how to change your MAC address manually.<\/p>\n For this to work, you have to use a MAC address from a known vendor. Fully random MAC address won’t always work.<\/p>\n ifconfig wlan0 down That’s it! Let me know if you have any questions. I’ll be glad to help.<\/p>\nReset (change back) to original MAC address<\/h3>\n
View a list of known MAC vendors<\/h3>\n
How to manually change MAC address (without using macchanger)<\/h2>\n
ifconfig \u200bwlan0 hw ether fc:c7:34:12:bc:1c
ifconfig wlan0 up<\/p>\n