hii readers,
Today I am going to show you how to install and use macchanger utility in Ubuntu.
What is MAC Changer?
Ans. Mac Changer is Very Useful Utility That Allow Us To Spoof Our Wireless Card MAC Address. In Simple Way, MAC Changer Help Us To Change Our Original MAC Address With Any Other Temporarily MAC Address That Can Help Us To Bypass MAC filter Security.
To Install MAC Changer, Open Your Terminal And Type:
sudo apt-get install macchanger
Usages:
Setup 1. Check Network Interface Status And Original Address
:~$ ifconfig enp1s0
enp1s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 20:89:84:a0:0a:ca
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:16
Setup 2. Turn Off Network Interface
:~$ sudo ifconfig enp1s0 down
Setup 3. Now, Use macchaner to change MAC Address. Here, In below Statement -r argument is for Generating New Random MAC Addree
:~$ sudo macchanger -r enp1s0
Current MAC: 20:89:84:a0:0a:ca (COMPAL INFORMATION (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD)
Permanent MAC: 20:89:84:a0:0a:ca (COMPAL INFORMATION (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD)
New MAC: 5a:c1:55:50:1e:1c (unknown)
OR
Setup 3. Generate Specific Mac Address Using -m argument.
:~$ sudo macchanger -m 5a:c1:55:50:1e:1c enp1s0
Setup 4. Turn On Network Interface
:~$ sudo ifconfig enp1s0 up
Setup 5. Check Again Network Interface Status
:~$ ifconfig enp1s0
enp1s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 5a:c1:55:50:1e:1c
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:16
Done!