Re: [PEN-TEST] Change MAC Address

[Bill Weiss <bill_weiss () att net>]

Bill Weiss(bill_weiss () ATT NET)@Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 04:01:20PM -0700:
> Pain Soul(pain_soul () YAHOO COM)@Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:43:55AM -0800:
> > Hi List!!
> > I wanted to know if someone can provide me a name of
> > the software that can change the MAc Address.
>
> Under Linux (maybe BSD, don't know), you can do it with ifconfig like so:
>
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:01
>
> (works on my machine).  Of course, you have to be root...

Quick self-reply, you have to bring the interface down first (ifconfig eth0 down)
to do this.

Also, a bit of Windows wierdness.  If I change the MAC of my Linux gateway to
FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF, the windows box can't access the internet anymore.  Oh well...