Introduction
In this post, You will learn what is macchanger and how does it work and I am damn sure by end of the post you will be familiar with the tool.
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What is Macchanger ❓
Macchanger is a kali inbuilt tool and using this tool we can change the mac address of the network and also we can generate a random mac address.
Frequently changing mac addresses will be is kind of obfuscation.
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Features in macchanger
- set specific MAC address of a network interface
- set the MAC randomly
- sets a MAC of another vendor
- set another MAC of the same vendor
- set a MAC of the same kind (eg: wireless card)
- display a vendor MAC list (today, 6200 items) to choose from
How to install macchanger
To install macchanger you can just do apt-get install macchanger or you can do git clone of the repository
Useful commands in macchanger
-h, –help Print this help
-V, –version Print version and exit
-s, –show Print the MAC address and exit
-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
-p, –permanent Reset to original, permanent hardware MAC
-r, –random Set fully random MAC
-l, –list[=keyword] Print known vendors
-b, –bia Pretend to be a burned-in-address
-m, –mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX Set the MAC XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
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How to use macchanger
Just follow the below examples and I am sure by end of the post, You will be familiar using the tool.
Example1: To view macaddress
To view the mac address of any network we enter this command
macchanger -s eth0
-s: show
After -s we specify the network type to show the mac address.
Example2: Generating a random mac address
To generate a random mac address firstly we enter ifconfig eth0 down
Firstly, down the network then to generate a random mac address for the network enter this command.
sudo macchanger -r eth0
Example3: Set our own custom mac address
To set a custom mac address just enter –mac or -m
sudo macchanger –mac=00:01:02:03:04:05 eth0
Conclusion
According to my knowledge, macchanger is great we can also change the permanent mac address but I didn’t show it here maybe in another blogpost le me show you.
But changing permanent mac will lead to many problems.
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Also Read: Sniffing and spoofing using driftnet
