HOW TO CHANGE OR SPOOF MAC ADDRESS IN KALI LINUX ?
Why Do We Need To Change MAC Address?
The Question arising in your mind that what is MAC Address? and why do we need to Change MAC Address? For Instance, let us understand by simple example you are working in a company where your MAC address is Blacklisted so you are not allowed to use the Company's Network or the Internet, Therefore, you are not permitted to use the internet, So what you will do now?
The best way to use the internet is either make your MAC address white list or just change your MAC address so that there is no record for your new MAC address in the Company's Blacklisted MAC address. So that's why we need to change the MAC address of the Machine.
What is MAC Address?
MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL or also known as MAC Address is also known as hardware or Physical Address. It is 48 bit in size & it is Hexadecimal.
Moreover, It is an address which is assigned to the network adapter or network interface card usually by the manufacturer.
www.coffer.com is a website where you can find the MAC address details or the manufacturer name of any network interface card.
How To Change Or Spoof The Mac Address?
Till now we have learned what is MAC address and why we need to change it, We can change our MAC address value that is stored in the memory using a program called macchanger like below:
Open Terminal and type:
- sudo apt-get install macchanger // used to install macchanger
- ifconfig [Interface] down
- macchanger -r [Interface]
- ifconfig [Interface] up
[Interface] = Your Wi-Fi Card name ex: wlan0,
eth0, wlp19s0, vmnet8.
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Likewise, there are lots of options available for the
command "macchanger" you can view all options that by typing:
- macchanger --man
Some of the options are described below:
- -e = Don't change the vendor bytes
- -a = Set random vendor MAC of the same kind
- -A = Set random vendor MAC of any kind
- -p = Reset to original, permanent hardware MAC
- -r = Set fully random MAC
- -l = Print known vendors
- -b = Pretend to be a burned-in-address
- -m = XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
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