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Old 11-07-2009, 10:26 PM   #1
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Unhappy CentOS command-line Program to Randomly change my MAC address?

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OS: CentOS 5.3 Enterprise Server
Red Hat Nash Version 5.1.19.6

I need to find a command-line program to randomly change my MAC address.

Can anyone please direct me to the right place and how to install it.

I know on Ubuntu there is a program called 'macchanger'.

And on Windows another one called 'macshift'.

I just can't find one for CentOS 5.3 Enterprise Edition.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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Old 11-07-2009, 11:05 PM   #2
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just use the ifconfig command
Code:
ifconfig eth0 down hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:01
ifconfig eth0 up
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Old 11-08-2009, 12:59 AM   #3
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Unhappy Unfortunately, that doesn't work?
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just use the ifconfig command
Code:
ifconfig eth0 down hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:01
ifconfig eth0 up

It changes my MAC address except I do not have internet anymore.
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Old 11-08-2009, 01:18 AM   #4
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You will find a more thorough discussion of MAC spoofing in this article: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...nix-and-linux/
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