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Title: Mac Address
Post by: nightfly on December 01, 2004, 01:37:27 pm

Topic says it all: how can I change the mac address of the built-in wlan?
(iwconfig doesn't work)

Title: Mac Address
Post by: Jcroto1 on December 01, 2004, 07:44:20 pm

Try this

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ifconfig wlan0 down hw ether 0:0a:0a:a0:a0:a0
ifconfig wlan0 up
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Title: Mac Address
Post by: BarryW on December 02, 2004, 03:16:22 am

You'll probably have to do this every time you power cycle the card as well.

Title: Mac Address
Post by: nightfly on December 02, 2004, 05:09:51 am

Thank you!  

Title: Mac Address
Post by: tz on December 02, 2004, 03:21:42 pm

you can embed the ifconfig the commands in /etc/pcmcia/wireless or similar to force the MAC address (easiest for every card).