It's typically not installed so you'll have to go download it and install it manually. If you want to sweep the entire LAN for MAC addresses you can use the command line tool fing to do so. ping statistics -ġ packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms The permanent MAC Address will be restored to your network adapter after a reboot or you can reset your network adapters MAC address manually.If you just want to find out the MAC address of a given IP address you can use the command arp to look it up, once you've pinged the system 1 time. Now use the following command to change your MAC address to a new random MAC Address:Īs shown on the screenshot, Macchanger will show you the permanent, current and changed MAC address.

Replace wlan1 with your own network interface. Use the following command to take down wlan1 with iproute2: The ifconfig tool will be replaced by iproute2. This can be done using the following command: MAC Address Spoofingįirst we need to take down the network adapter in order to change the MAC address. In this tutorial we will be spoofing the MAC address of our wireless adapter with a random MAC address generated by Macchanger on Kali Linux. Macchanger is a tool that is included with any version of Kali Linux including the 2016 rolling edition and can change the MAC address to any desired address until the next reboot. The MAC address is in the 2nd OSI layer and should be seen as the physical address of your interface. A MAC Address is a unique and hardcoded address programmed into network devices which cannot be changed permanently. MAC address spoofing is a technique for temporarily changing your Media Access Control (MAC) address on a network device. To totally unlock this section you need to Log-in

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