macchanger

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:

   -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.

EXAMPLE

   macchanger -A eth1

SEE ALSO

   ifconfig (8)

AUTHOR

   Alvaro Lopez Ortega <alvaro@alobbs.com>.

                                                                                    April 10, 2013                                                                           MACCHANGER(1)