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macchanger — Manipulate network interface MAC addresses. More information: <https://manned.org/macchanger>.

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Problem

How to use the macchanger command: Manipulate network interface MAC addresses. More information: <https://manned.org/macchanger>.

Solution

macchanger — Manipulate network interface MAC addresses. More information: <https://manned.org/macchanger>.

View the current and permanent MAC addresses of an interface:

macchanger {{[-s|--show]}} {{interface}}

Set interface to a random MAC:

macchanger {{[-r|--random]}} {{interface}}

Set an interface to a random MAC address, and pretend to be a [b]urned-[i]n-[a]ddress:

macchanger {{[-r|--random]}} {{[-b|--bia]}} {{interface}}

Set an interface to a specific MAC address:

macchanger {{[-m|--mac]}} {{XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX}} {{interface}}

Print the identifications (the first three bytes of a MAC address) of all known vendors:

macchanger {{[-l|--list]}}

Reset an interface to its permanent hardware MAC address:

macchanger {{[-p|--permanent]}} {{interface}}

Code Snippets

View the current and permanent MAC addresses of an interface

macchanger {{[-s|--show]}} {{interface}}

Set interface to a random MAC

macchanger {{[-r|--random]}} {{interface}}

Set an interface to a random MAC address, and pretend to be a [b]urned-[i]n-[a]ddress

macchanger {{[-r|--random]}} {{[-b|--bia]}} {{interface}}

Set an interface to a specific MAC address

macchanger {{[-m|--mac]}} {{XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX}} {{interface}}

Print the identifications (the first three bytes of a MAC address) of all known vendors

macchanger {{[-l|--list]}}

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