macchanger

View the current and permanent MAC addresses of a interface

$ macchanger --show [interface]

Set interface to a random MAC

$ macchanger --random [interface]

Set interface to a specific MAC

$ macchanger --mac [XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX] [interface]

Reset interface to its permanent hardware MAC

$ macchanger --permanent [interface]

macchanger [options] device

macchanger is a GNU/Linux utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC ad‐ dress for network interfaces.

macchanger accepts the following options: -h, --help Show summary of options. -V, --version Show version of program. -s, --show Prints the current MAC. This is the default action when no other option is specified. -e, --ending Don't change the vendor bytes. -a, --another Set random vendor MAC of the same kind. -A Set random vendor MAC of any kind. -r, --random Set fully random MAC. -p, --permanent Reset MAC address to its original, permanent hardware value. -l, --list[=keyword] Print known vendors (with keyword in the vendor's description string). -b, --bia When setting fully random MAC pretend to be a burned-in-address. If not used, the MAC will have the locally-administered bit set. -m, --mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, --mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX Set the MAC XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX.

macchanger -A eth1

ifconfig(8)

Alvaro Lopez Ortega . April 10, 2013 MACCHANGER(1)