Change your MAC address with a shell script (2019)

Re:Change your MAC address with a shell script (2019) by rahulpadalkar on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:02AM (#26060974)

Isn't it illegal to change mac address?

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Re:Change your MAC address with a shell script (2019) by sgtnoodle on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:02AM (#26061281)

At most you'll annoy your internet service provider. MAC addresses don't leave the immediate network they're used on, so you can do whatever you want within your home network.

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Re:Change your MAC address with a shell script (2019) by qwertay on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:13AM (#26061334)

How would your ISP even know unless they are spying on data only available on your wifi network with an ISP provided router?

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Re:Change your MAC address with a shell script (2019) by Triv888 on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:27AM (#26062801)

I spoof my router's MAC address to change my external IP address at will. But yeah, hopefully they can't see the MAC addresses on your local network.

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Re:Change your MAC address with a shell script (2019) by Mauricebranagh on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:44AM (#26062913)

Why? You may well need to do this in case of Address Clashes.

Its not unknown for a manufacturer to mess up and reuse MAC addresses.

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Re:Change your MAC address with a shell script (2019) by kevin_thibedeau on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:44AM (#26061203)

No. Half the number space is free for local management.

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