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MACCHANGER(1) General Commands Manual MACCHANGER(1)

NAME

macchanger - MAC Changer

SYNOPSIS

macchanger [options] device

DESCRIPTION

macchanger is a GNU/Linux utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address for network interfaces.

OPTIONS

macchanger accepts the following options:

Show summary of options.
Show version of program.
Prints the current MAC. This is the default action when no other option is specified.
Don't change the vendor bytes.
Set random vendor MAC of the same kind.
Set random vendor MAC of any kind.
Set fully random MAC.
Reset MAC address to its original, permanent hardware value.
Print known vendors (with keyword in the vendor's description string).
When setting fully random MAC pretend to be a burned-in-address. If not used, the MAC will have the locally-administered bit set.
Set the MAC XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX.

EXAMPLE

macchanger -A eth1

SEE ALSO

ifconfig (8)

AUTHOR

Alvaro Lopez Ortega <alvaro@alobbs.com>.

April 10, 2013