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alobbs / macchanger

GNU MAC Changer
http://www.gnu.org/software/macchanger
GNU General Public License v3.0
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MAC changes only before enabling and connecting to WiFi #73

Open ghost opened 3 years ago

ghost commented 3 years ago

I have Debian 10 (stable) and I'm trying to make macchanger to randomize my MAC on every boot.

I always have my WiFi OFF and only enable it when needed. If I change the MAC before enabling WiFi, everything works perfectly. As soon as I enable it and connect in a AP, the MAC is still the hard-coded one.

Looking it up, I found this StackExchange question and the conclusion is that NetworkManager is taking over and therefore reverts the changed MAC to original.

Is it possible to explain me how to configure NetworkManager so it doesn't take over and only uses macchanger to generate a MAC address, because the answers in that question are not clear enough for me to solve the problem.

tbukfrc commented 2 years ago

I am aware that I'm a year late to this, but if anyone else is having this problem, refer to this StackExchange post.

Internet Archive link, in case the post gets deleted or something.