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Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address
From: Bill Weiss <bill_weiss () att net>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:06:31 -0700
Bill Weiss(bill_weiss () ATT NET)@Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 04:01:20PM -0700:
Pain Soul(pain_soul () YAHOO COM)@Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:43:55AM -0800:Hi List!! I wanted to know if someone can provide me a name of the software that can change the MAc Address.Under Linux (maybe BSD, don't know), you can do it with ifconfig like so: /sbin/ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:01 (works on my machine). Of course, you have to be root...
Quick self-reply, you have to bring the interface down first (ifconfig eth0 down) to do this. Also, a bit of Windows wierdness. If I change the MAC of my Linux gateway to FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF, the windows box can't access the internet anymore. Oh well...
Current thread:
- [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Pain Soul (Dec 05)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Bill Weiss (Dec 05)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Bill Weiss (Dec 06)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Crist Clark (Dec 06)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address N Catlow (Dec 07)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Lydick, Adam (Dec 10)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Bill Weiss (Dec 06)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Bill Weiss (Dec 05)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Arturo Busleiman (Dec 07)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Dunker, Noah (Dec 05)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Jose Nazario (Dec 05)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address Jonathan Johnson (Dec 05)