How to mask/spoof MAC address?

[emptycoder]

Hi everyone, I'm using a wifi connection, the Cloned MAC Address option on Network settings not working and it refuses to connect until I delete the fake address.
So I want to use Macchanger to spoof my MAC, so how to do it with (Wifi Connection) and (Temporarily) not permanently.
And most importantly, how to know if it worked? I tried to use Macchanger-gtk but it doesn't seem to work.
Thanks!

[bashiergui]

Simple to change with a few commands http://www.upubuntu.com/2013/05/chan...ess-using.html
I guess you know if it worked if you don't time out on the free wi-fi

[emptycoder]

Thanks for your reply, but the link you provided contains a tutorial for Ethernet Wired Connection not Wireless, so changing eth0 to wlan0 would do the trick or do I need another command?

[pbrane]

You should be able to change the interface name from eth0 the wlan0 and accomplish the same thing. Here is a script I wrote that will change the MAC address of any interface and use your original OUI. You can change it if you want. The remainder of the MAC is random.

#!/bin/bash

MINPARAMS=1
if [ $# -lt "$MINPARAMS" ]
then
  echo
  echo "usage: sudo $0 <interface>"
  exit
fi

if (($UID > 0)); then
   echo 'This script can be run only by the system administrator'
   exit
fi

# grab the interface
interface=$1
oldMAC=$(ifconfig $interface | grep HWaddr | awk '{print $5}')
# get the OUI
#OUI=$(ifconfig $interface | grep HWaddr | awk '{print $5}' | cut -b 1-8)
echo "old MAC: $oldMAC"

# get the OUI from a list of legit OUIs
OUI_ARRAY=(
	00:1c:bf # intel
	00:12:f0 # intel
	00:1b:e9 # broadcom
	18:c0:86 # broadcom
	d4:ae:52 # dell
	d4:be:d9 # dell
	00:1d:09 # dell
	d4:c9:ef # hp
	d8:9d:67 # hp
	d8:9e:3f # apple
	d8:a2:5e # apple
)
RANGE=12
idx=$RANDOM
let "idx %= $RANGE"
OUI=${OUI_ARRAY[idx]}

# generate a new NIC specific identifier
NIC=$(date | md5sum | sed 's/../&:/g' | cut -b 9-17)
newMAC="$OUI$NIC"
echo "new MAC: $newMAC"

# assign the new MAC to the interface
echo "Do you wish to assign $newMAC to $interface?"
select yn in "Yes" "No"; do
	case $yn in
		Yes ) ifconfig $interface down;
			  sleep 2 # allow interface to go down
			  ifconfig $interface hw ether $newMAC;
			  sleep 2 # allow time to assign MAC to interface 
			  ifconfig $interface up;
			  # display the new MAC
			  ifconfig $interface | grep HWaddr;
			  break;;
		No ) exit;;
	esac
done

[emptycoder]

Thanks a lot, but I forgot to tell you that I'm still newbie!
I don't know how to use that script, could you please teach me how?
And please keep in mind that I want to change it temporarily not permanently.
Many thanks.

[bashiergui]

You don't need the script. Write down your existing MAC address. Then change it using the commands I linked. Change the interface to be the one you need. Then change the MAC address to something different.

When you wantto switch back do the same thing but use your original MAC address.

[emptycoder]

Is this the right command?

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 08:00:25:de:40:df
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

and when I shutdown my computer and then turn it on, would my MAC turns back to default address?
I'm sorry for being a pain but I'm new to this networking thing.

Please could you provide an example so I can understand, lets say my MAC Address is 09:00:99:00:99:09 what are the commands to spoof it & then restore it back?
Thanks and sorry for not catching on fast!

[oldos2er]

Moved to Networking & Wireless.

[vivek.pr.mi]

The commands you are using are correct and yes when you will restart it will restore your original mac address. You can check your mac address using ifconfig command.

To change your mac address type:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 08:00:25:de:40:df
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up


And to restore it to original:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 09:00:99:00:99:09
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

[pbrane]

The MAC address is hardcoded in the ethernet controller. You can only change it temporarily. The only advantage to using the script is that you get a valid OUI and random address. Having an invalid OUI is a red flag and some layer 2 devices can detect this.

also running the script is only one command.

sudo newmac.sh eth0