What is MAC Address ? And how to change it on Linux ?

Mac is a physic Address of media connected to the Internet or a local network, such as a network card, modem, network switches and hubs, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and wifi, and other ...

The mac address is in this format :

- MM:MM:MM:SS:SS:SS 

There are many ways to find out your mac address of your devices either by going to network-manager(very easy).

but I will show you how, using macchanger (install it first).

type this command :

macchanger wgp0s96f0u1 --show

The red one is name of your interface. replace that red one with yours.

To change the mac address :

sudo macchanger wgp0s96f0u1 --mac=00:53:17:b5:ad:cc 

Don't forget to change the red ones, change that mac address to the one you like. 

     

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