Cannot change MAC Address on Kali

[notsars]

Working with a Wireless adapter (TL-WN725N), which I managed to configure on my VM Kali. However, I cannot change the MAC Address.

I have tried everything: ifconfig wlan0 down ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:11:22:22:33:44 Ifconfig wlan0 up

ifconfig wlan0 down macaddress -r wlan0 ifconfigu wlan0 up

I have tried changing the Network Manager as well, but still nothing.

Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Any suggestions?

[SmillerMP]

Hi @notsars

you already tried macchanger?

Can you post any screenshot about the result of this comand?

[notsars]

root@kali:~# macchanger -r wlan0 Current MAC: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (unknown) Permanent MAC: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (unknown) New MAC: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (unknown) Network driver didn't actually change to the new MAC!!

This is what keeps on appearing. Otherwise, when I use the above commands, it just continues the same as the current MAC.

[SmillerMP]

Can you post the result about this comand

Iwconfig

[notsars]

eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 unassociated ESSID:"" Nickname:"WIFI@REALTEK" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

[SmillerMP]

why better reinstall the drivers from scratch and be sure to follow the steps for proper installation.

[ghost]

root@kali:~# macchanger -r wlan0 Current MAC: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (unknown) Permanent MAC: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (unknown) New MAC: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (unknown) Network driver didn't actually change to the new MAC!!

This is what keeps on appearing. Otherwise, when I use the above commands, it just continues the same as the current MAC.

probably you missed the very first instruction to blacklist the built in driver first or do one thing after blacklisting do a dkms install.

Regards