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Macchanger cuts off internet connection

Open MickoLjudinicko opened this issue 8 years ago • 10 comments

Hi there, so I don't actually know, if it's my fault, due to the usage of VirtualBox with Kali Linux, or if it's some sort of bug, but here is my issue: When ever I want to change my Mac Adress in the terminal command line, the macchanger always cuts off my internet connection. I've tried so many different varieties, on how to solve this problem. I've, for example, stopped the network-manager service, turned down ifconfig eth0, tried it with the dhclient, nothing in this particular direction helped. I appreciate any help, cuz this slowly drives me crazy. Thank you :)

MickoLjudinicko avatar Aug 24 '17 07:08 MickoLjudinicko

Same issue here.

jvstorck avatar Oct 29 '17 17:10 jvstorck

I have the same issue guys!! Did any one of you got a solution for it yet? please inform if yes. thanks

davemustain avatar Nov 26 '17 12:11 davemustain

I've kind of did it. I don't know how. The only thing I did was to: Update Kali. [apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade -y]. After all was finished, I rebooted the system. Then I ran the following commands. ifconfig wlan0 down macchanger -r wlan0 ifconfig wlan0 up Hope this helps

MickoLjudinicko avatar Nov 26 '17 12:11 MickoLjudinicko

This might help. Doesn't seem to be possible based on how VirtualBox is set up

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=82210#p387875

evangeloua avatar Nov 29 '17 03:11 evangeloua

I will get crazy too I have been trying to fix the problem for about a mounth and still no solution I also tried to update and upgrade and it didn't work out also I need a real solution!!!!

omarN1 avatar Sep 01 '18 23:09 omarN1

This fixed the issue for me

ifconfig eth0 down macchanger -p eth0 ifconfig eth0 up

crstux avatar Aug 09 '19 15:08 crstux

macchanger -s eth0 isn't work..

sanjivselva4051 avatar Aug 21 '19 06:08 sanjivselva4051

Yes, The methods on this blog worked for me FIX For - No Connection After Changing MAC Address In Kali Linux

Spent ages trying to sort this, its simple but actually worked for me, hopefully works for you guys too

halodude7 avatar Aug 17 '21 06:08 halodude7

Changing back to original MAC address worked for me.

  1. To find original MAC address type the following command.
ethtool -P <interface name>

Ex :

ethtool -P eth0
  1. Copy the permanent MAC address and change the MAC to permanent MAc address.
sudo ifconfig eth0 down
sudo ifconfig eth0 hw ether <Mac Address>
sudo ifconfig eth0 up

  1. Restart your PC and Router or Hotspot.

If someone find solution to access internet even after changing MAC please post it.

Stonekeeper avatar Apr 26 '22 14:04 Stonekeeper

with a mac spoofer, you can connect to the internet when connected to ethernet or wifi when you have an external adapter. The adapter I use is Alfa AWUS1900, this adapter would be even more useful if u r into packet injection.

1Levick3 avatar Apr 28 '22 23:04 1Levick3