Quote:
Originally Posted by ziphem
I'm struggling to figure out what's changed / how to deal with how Fedora 25 deals with MAC ID changing. In my old Fedora (20 I think?) I would just do some variant of sudo ifconfig wlp4s0 hw ether XX:XX:XX:ETC::, but now, this does not work entirely on Fedora 25. There's a noted difference between Current MAC and Permanent MAC, and I just can't seem to be able to change that Permanent MAC. So this begs the question - is it changeable? Or am I stuck with the actual hardware MAC? I know this is an issue that others have had, since I've seen numerous postings in doing my research (Ubuntu, too) - but I have not found any solutions to this.
I appreciate any help. Thanks!
|
You cannot change Permanent MAC address. However, you can make another MAC address active, which is used by your machine. Try using macchanger package.
You'll get Permanent address by
Code:
# ethtool -P <interface>
Permanent address: d0:50:99:9b:a2:40
# macchanger -s <interface>
Current MAC: d0:50:99:9b:a2:40 (ASRock Incorporation)
Permanent MAC: d0:50:99:9b:a2:40 (ASRock Incorporation)
Changing MAC address to any random:
Code:
# macchanger -r <interface>
Current MAC: d0:50:99:9b:a2:40 (ASRock Incorporation)
Permanent MAC: d0:50:99:9b:a2:40 (ASRock Incorporation)
New MAC: ca:6e:2c:f3:7c:3b (unknown)
Manually changing MAC accress:
Code:
# macchanger -m 88:88:88:88:88:88 <interface>
Current MAC: ca:6e:2c:f3:7c:3b (unknown)
Permanent MAC: d0:50:99:9b:a2:40 (ASRock Incorporation)
New MAC: 88:88:88:88:88:88 (unknown)
List known vendor's first three octets. You can give any last three octets as you like. This masquerades you MAC address as from some genuine vendor.
Code:
# macchanger -l <interface> | grep -i 'novell inc'
0027 - 00:00:1b - NOVELL INC.
# macchanger -m 00:00:1b:88:88:88 <interface>
Current MAC: 88:88:88:88:88:88 (unknown)
Permanent MAC: d0:50:99:9b:a2:40 (ASRock Incorporation)
New MAC: 00:00:1b:88:88:88 (NOVELL INC.)
Hope it helped.
