macchanger

MAC Changer

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 address 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

Alvaro Lopez Ortega <alvaro@alobbs.com>.