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MAC address can be desired for multiple reasons, and it is very easy to spoof your MAC address in Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6. For the purpose of this article, we are going to assume you want to spoof your Macs wireless MAC address. So without further ado, heres a 3 step process on how to do it:
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Retrieving your current MAC address


First, youre going to want your current wireless MAC address so you can set it back without rebooting. Launch the Terminal and type the following command:
ifconfig en1 | grep ether
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Youll know see something like:


ether 00:12:cb:c6:24:e2

And the values after ether makeup your current MAC address. Write this down somewhere so you dont forget it. If you do, its not the end of the world, youll just have to reboot to reset it from a change.

Spoong a MAC address


To spoof your MAC address, you simply set that value returned from ifcong to another hex value in the format of aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff For this example, we will set our wireless MAC address to 00:e2:e3:e4:e5:e6 by issuing the following command:
sudo ifconfig en1 ether 00:e2:e3:e4:e5:e6

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The sudo command will require that you enter your root password to make the change.

Verifying the Spoofed MAC address worked


If you want to check that the spoof worked, type the same command as earlier:
ifconfig en1 | grep ether

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Now you will see:


ether 00:e2:e3:e4:e5:e6

Meaning your MAC address is now the value you set it to. If you want to further verify the spoof, simply login to your wireless router and look at the available devices (or attached devices) list, and your spoofed MAC address will be part of that list. If you want to set your MAC address back to its real value, simply issue the above ifcong commands with the MAC address that you retrieved in step 1. You can also reboot your Mac. Enjoy! Note: Reader Dee Brown points out the following, which may help with some users having difculties: running 10.5.6 you need to do the trick to disassociate from the network. ****DO NOT TURN AIRPORT OFF****. What you will have to do is click your airport and click join network and enter some bogus name as the network ssid. Then while its trying to connect click cancel.At this point you may spoof using the sudo ifcong en1 ether command other readers point out that Dee Browns trick works in 10.5.7 and above too. Thanks Dee! Update: If youre still having problems with MAC address spoong in Leopard or Snow Leopard, the above method still works but try disassociating with any wireless network BUT keep your wireless Airport on (as mentioned above) an easy way to do this is to type the following in the command line:
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Note that you have to have the airport command setup to work for users, you can do that by copy and pasting this command into the Mac Terminal:
sudo ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions /Current/Resources/airport /usr/sbin/airport

Once disassociated from the network you should be able to spoof your MAC address as usual

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Nando Vieira says:


January 17, 2008 at 10:29 am

Is there any way to spoof the ethernet (en0) MAC Address? Used to work on Tiger, but stopped working after I upgraded to Leopard.
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John C. says:
December 11, 2010 at 5:22 pm

Heres my simplied version: ifcong en1 | grep ether ^^^ Check Current Mac Address sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -z ^^^ Disconnect from Networks sudo ifcong en1 ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 ^^^ Set New Mac Address ifcong en1 | grep ether ^^^ Check Current Mac Address
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Allaire says:
January 17, 2008 at 11:49 am

I think you can spoof an ethernet address by doing sudo ifcong en0 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx I nd the wireless a lot more useful, and it shows just how weak the mac address ltering is as a security implementation on any network
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Nando Vieira says:


January 18, 2008 at 9:48 am

Allaire, I need to use the ethernet connection because is the only one thats available (at work, theres no wireless). The command you sent still doesnt work on Leopard.
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ks says:
January 26, 2008 at 10:46 pm

Doesnt work with ethernet connection. Works for my wireless. Any ideas how to get this to work for ethernet en0?
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James Nevara says:


January 28, 2008 at 3:16 pm

Changing the above command to en0 worked for me in Mac OS X 10.4.11, I dont have Leopard so I cant verify: sudo ifcong en0 ether 00:e2:e3:e4:e5:e6

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Poptarts says:
February 13, 2008 at 6:48 pm

Changing or spoong does not seem to work on the en0 (wired ethernet) of MacBook Pros even in 10.5.2. Does anyone know a way to resolve this issue?
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Horuden says:
March 2, 2008 at 1:00 am

Is there anyway to make the new address stick after I reboot?


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James Wu says:
March 7, 2008 at 2:42 am

en0 cant not modify after version 10.5.x


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Jose Vigenor says:


March 10, 2008 at 2:52 am

Mac OS X : How to Set the MAc Address During Startup Follow these steps to create a script that sets the MAC Address each time the computer restarts: 1. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/). 2. Type: cd /Library 3. Press Return. 4. Type: mkdir StartupItems 5. Press Return. (If you encounter an error, continue to step 6.) 6. Type: cd StartupItems 7. Press Return. 8. Type: mkdir MACADD 9. Press Return. 10. Type: cd MACADD 11. Press Return. 12. Type: pico MACADD 13. Press Return. 14. In the pico editor, paste in the following text. Begin copying below this line. #!/bin/sh . /etc/rc.common ## # Congure a network interface MAC Address setting

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# This script will set the MAC Address setting for the specied interface(s) # # The name of the interface (ex. en0) must be edited to match the interface # to which the MACADD setting should be applied # ## StartService () { ConsoleMessage Conguring MACADD ### uncomment lines and change the value following MACADD as appropriate mac address if [ "${MACADD:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then # /sbin/ifcong en0 lladdr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx # /sbin/ifcong en1 lladdr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx } StopService () { return 0 } RestartService () { return 0 } RunService $1 End copying above this line. 15. Uncomment the /sbin/ifcong line(s) to set the MACADD for a particular interface. Note: Removing the number sign (#) from the beginning of a line uncomments it. Typically, en0 is the interface name for the Built-in Ethernet port and en1 is interface name for the AirPort Card. This is not always the case, though. To conrm that a network port is associated with a particular interface name, open the Network Utility (/Applications/Utilities/), and click the Info tab. 16. When you have nished customizing the le, save it (press Control-O), press Return, and exit pico (press Control-X). 17. Type: chmod 755 MACADD 18. Press Return. 19. Type: pico StartupParameters.plist 20. Press Return. 21. In the pico editor paste in the following text. Begin copying below this line. Description Can set MACADD OrderPreference None Provides MACADD Requires Network Conguration End copying above this line. 22. When you have nished customizing the le, save it (Control-O), press Return, and exit pico (Control-X). 23. Type: chmod 755 StartupParameters.plist 24. Press Return. 25. Type: sudo pico /etc/hostcong 26. When prompted, enter your password. 27. Press Return. 28. In the pico editor, add this line at the bottom: MACADD=-YES29. Save it (Control-O), press Return, and exit pico (Control-X). When you restart the computer, MACADD is set for the interface that you specied. Notes

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sudo SystemStarter start MACADD 2. If you experience any issues or wish to not set MACADD during startup, you can turn off the new script by changing the MACADD line in /etc/hostcong to: MACADD=-NOReply

Math says:
March 18, 2008 at 6:34 pm

Some correction on the StartupParameters.plist { Description = HomeMade boot param; Provides = (MACADD); Requires = (Network Conguration); OrderPreference = None; } So far it is not working with en0 (LAN), but works ne with en1 (Wireless) under leopard 10.5.2
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akbarfoto says:
May 15, 2008 at 3:53 pm

i can conrm that en0 (lan) work with leopard. i guess it work on older mac such as powerbook, but not macbook. i use the sudo ifcong en0 lladdr System Version: Mac OS X 10.5 (9A581) Kernel Version: Darwin 9.0.0 Boot Volume: external Boot Mode: Normal Computer Name: PowerBook G4 12 867 MHz
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ps says:
June 8, 2008 at 4:04 pm

(this post can be duplicated as the rst submit attempt end up with some database errors, sorry if this is the case) Ive got Macbook w/ Leopard 10.5.3 and I can conrm that mac spoong using ifcong still doesnt work with Leopard on ethernet i-face. Akbarfoto says that it does work on powerbook, so it might be the driver that does not support such operation. Maybe it would be possible to use the old driver from Tiger in Leopard? 2nd thought: Has anyone tried to use USB LAN adapters to spoof MAC address?
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SubliminalMac says:
June 14, 2008 at 10:56 pm

Dude, How does that show how mac address ltering is so weak? You would have to know the allowed mac addresses in the rst place to put it in, and wouldnt you have to be on the network or physically use the computer to know
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spacec0w says:
June 20, 2008 at 6:49 am

Jose Vigenor or anyone else that knows about these things Trying to follow his intstructions I get this error when trying to make the MACADD directory. Any ideas? Have Mac OS X 10.5.3, Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz Macintosh-3:startupitems chris$ mkdir MACADD mkdir: MACADD: Permission denied
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Correction in the MACADD le (at least for Leopard) ifcong en0 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (xx in your vmx le) instead of that other ifcong command. Got it from this thread: http://pcwizcomputer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=32
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Murphy Mac says:


July 5, 2008 at 11:39 am

Thanks guys. Im in a hotel with my iPod touch and a laptop. Now I can use both on the property wi. Thanks for lling a need the hotel should help with.
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RancidFerret says:
August 6, 2008 at 11:11 pm

Im new to Macs, so I could be doing something wrong, but Every time I try to do the sudo ifcong en1 ether 00:e2:e3:e4:e5:e6 command it doesnt work. I enter the password correctly, but when I check the mac address after with the ifcong en1 | grep ether command it returns my default mac address. I am on OSX 10.5.4 so it could be an issue with this release of Leopard. Has anyone else on 10.5.4 gotten it to work?
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pha says:
August 20, 2008 at 5:11 am

Very helpful thanks!


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Inspector Clouzot says:


November 10, 2008 at 7:54 am

Hmmm, why would I want to spoof my MAC address in the rst place? What advantages to that and in which situations? Thanks
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Brian Allen says:


November 13, 2008 at 7:34 am

@ Inspector Clouzot Spoong your can be done for various reasons. Any Internet Service Providers can be expecting a specic MAC address prior to providing an IP address. You can using spoong to provide the expected MAC address. Where I work, they have a service issue which is caching my old MAC address and it prevents me logging in the next day if they service doesnt drop my old connection. With a quick spoof of an MAC address, I can connect without waiting on IT to x their problem.
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November 30, 2008 at 2:17 am

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iBook G3 says:
January 15, 2009 at 10:12 am

Im having trouble spoong my MAC. Ive done the right commands, and my original MAC address keeps coming back, well, the MAC address didnt change in the rst place. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem, some tips would help. Also, Im running Mac OS X 10.4.11 Thanks.

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Cherooo says:
January 30, 2009 at 12:31 pm

Thank you for your articles


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Cinainday says:
February 6, 2009 at 2:55 pm

thank you.
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Kevin says:
March 8, 2009 at 12:19 am

Thanks for sharing! But it doesnt work on my macbook 10.5.6 Kind regards, Kevin
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Usman Ismail says:


March 10, 2009 at 3:54 pm

for leopard sudo ifcong en0 lladdr 00:00:00:00:00:00


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dee brown says:


April 11, 2009 at 8:07 am

running 10.5.6 you need to do the trick to disassociate from the network. ****DO NOT TURN AIRPORT OFF****. What you will have to do is click your airport and click join network and enter some bogus name as the network ssid. Then while its trying to connect click cancel.At this point you may spoof using the sudo ifcon g en1 ether command
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MR says:
April 25, 2009 at 12:16 pm

Works like a charm on 10.5.6 thanks to dee browns trick


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Kroaken says:
May 28, 2009 at 3:05 pm

Doesnt work in 10.5.7 :/ mac spoof not working 10.5.7


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Kroaken says:
May 28, 2009 at 3:05 pm

Doesnt work in 10.5.7 :/ mac spoof not working 10.5.7


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Benjamin says:
May 31, 2009 at 6:37 pm

@Kroaken: Use Dee Browns trick.


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Spudz76 says:
June 18, 2009 at 11:32 am

In Linux (yes, not OS X, but still UNIX style) the interface must be down rst otherwise its considered to be in use and cant be changed so try this:

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Joe says:
June 21, 2009 at 9:51 am

Yup, use Dee Browns trick.


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Adam says:
June 28, 2009 at 10:04 pm

Make sure that you are connected to the network interface that you would like to spoof for it to work. i.e. if I wanted to spoof my MAC address on the en1 (airport protocol), I would need to turn wi on BUT not connect to any network then continue with the terminal process.
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sjdude says:
July 2, 2009 at 9:08 am

Dee Browns trick works like a charm on Leopard 10.5.7. Summary, assuming you want to do this on a wi connection: 1. Do not turn off airport 2. Choose Join other network from the airport menu 3. Enter a bogus network name, e.g. fubar 4. In a terminal window, enter: sudo ifcong en1 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx: (your new MAC) 5. Choose the network you wish to join from the Airport menu After step 4, if you want to verify youve really changed your MAC address, enter this into a terminal window: ifcong en1 and look for the ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx: value and it should match what you entered.
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sjdude says:
July 2, 2009 at 9:22 am

Whoops, screwed up the summary. Please add: 3.1 Choose Cancel to leave en1 on but not associated
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Jolindien says:
July 8, 2009 at 2:43 am

Hello, Dee Browns trick works perfectly on 10.5.7 with airport. but is also a trick for ethernet (i.e en0)? Thx
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ChrisMaxwell says:
July 23, 2009 at 10:54 am

Couldnt make it work with the above instructions on my MBP early 2008 running OS X 10.5.7 (or the previous). Went out on a limb, bought a USB ethernet dongle (TreneNet TU2-ET100). Thought perhaps I could spoof it, using a different driver. No luck when I plugged it in, so I downloaded driver from TrendNet. http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=150_TU2-ET100 (Went to downloads, grabbed the universal zip) No luck with the TRENDnet dongle BUT NOW SPOOFING MY INTERNAL ETHERNET (en0) WORKS! Not sure what happened. It works while the internal interface is up and running! 11:24:49 { ~ }-> ifcong en0 | grep ether ether 00:e2:e3:e4:e5:e1 11:24:59 { ~ }-> sudo ifcong en0 ether 00:b4:c0:e1:e1:e0 11:26:03 { ~ }-> ifcong en0 | grep ether ether 00:b4:c0:e1:e1:e0 wow.
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Just updated to 10.5.8 this arvo and immediately afterward found a hotspot that doesnt like my machine. Seems the ifcong command returns ne but the MAC doesnt change even with the disassociate trick. If this is apple being bitches again and trying to tell me what I can and cant do with my hardware I reckon Im going to call it a day and move to windows 7 next refresh. Sam
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Stewart says:
August 10, 2009 at 11:44 am

Worked for me in Mac OS X Leopard v 10.5 but I used this command: sudo ifcong en0 lladdr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx I dont really know what the difference is, ether vs lladdr but that is what the ifcong grep command gave me so thats what i did and it worked to spoof my mac address. thanks!
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Fox Mulder says:


August 10, 2009 at 3:03 pm

This echos what others said: Due to a bug in OS X 10.5.6+, the built in mac-address spoong function requires the following work around: To determine your old mac-address: ifcong en1 | grep ether Do not Turn Airport Off, instead deactivate your wireless card by: Click Join Other Network and enter a fake SSID. Allow it to attempt a connection and then go ahead and cancel the request. Your card is now deactivated allowing us to proceed with the following command: sudo ifcong en1 ether 00:11:22:33:44:55 Conrm using: ifcong en1 | grep ether Saw this on: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/changemac
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ps says:
September 5, 2009 at 9:27 am

Folks! Mac spoong of ethernet (en0) works on Snow Leopard. I was able to spoof mac address on en0 (ifcong en0 ether xx:xx:xx.).

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further, however, it gives hope that ethernet spoong works again (people say it worked in Tiger w/o problems).
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Kevin Edwards says:


September 9, 2009 at 11:36 am

I used to be able to spoof my MAC address with Leopard on my MacBook Pro either through the terminal, via AppleScript, or with the freeware app ChangeMAC. Now with Snow Leopard (10.6.0), I can change the MAC address, but once I do, I cant connect to any wireless router. Ive tried all of the above methods, which worked before, but nothing seems to helpincluding turning it off/on (for the I.T. Crowd fans). I sure hope someone can gure this out. MAC spoong makes my life a lot better.
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bluesh says:
September 15, 2009 at 9:03 am

I am having the same problem as Kevein Edwards. I had been spoong my MAC address on Leopard (all releases) without any problems using the tutorial command of sudo ifcong en1 ether XXXXXXXX. Having upgraded to Snow Leopard, this command now seems to be broken. When I change my MAC address using the same command, it breaks the wireless. By this I mean that I cannot join ANY networks (all I get are timeout errors). When I go to System Prefs>Network>Airport>Advanced, there is now a line added at the bottom Airport ID. Typing the ifcong en1 | grep ether command, it returns the value I entered. When I change my MAC address back to the one listed, the wireless returns to normal operation. I am guessing that the new release has disallowed spoong, but I am not sure. I remember that I cannot change my ethernet port (en0) because it supposedly has a hardware lock, but the wireless card never had this issue. It seems that this is too new of an issue to have received attention (found nothing on google). Does anyone have any idea of a way to bypass this new software change?
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Kevin Edwards says:


September 15, 2009 at 10:07 am

Just an unfortunate updateIn 10.6.1, Im still experiencing the same thing as mentioned before, and detailed by bluesh. That is, I can change my MAC, but then cant connect to any network. This is on a MacBook Pro that I could spoof my MAC on any version of 10.5.x. Please help us.
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Ezequiel says:
September 18, 2009 at 12:03 pm

I changed my mac adrress but now in my router conguration I appear with the old Mac address and with the new one. Im sure that what im looking at is MY MAC and not the routers mac. So im taking 2 ips of my range in my wlan like this: maceze 192.168.1.101 00-e2-e3-e4-e5-e6 maceze 192.168.1.103 00-25-00-47-d7-ef How can I delete one of them?? thank you
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GAMESTA says:
September 21, 2009 at 6:48 am

OK. I am still having the same problems as bluesh. I did it the way the update at the bottom of the instructions sad with using airport -z and all that. From the command line it looks good but the Airport is inoperable. I hardly believe Appl disabled the feature without disabling the actual command. If the command is there, it should work. I think they didnt test this and now they are like WTF. As we all know, Snow Leapord Airport issues are viral on the interwebs. If the above instructions actually work for someones Airport wireless and not for the rest of us, I have hope it will work but I havent seen one testimonial of someone who has actually had success changing the MAC address of their Airport wireless with Snow Leopard. Major bug IMO. Once I do achieve success, I will put it everywhere so others will know.
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September 25, 2009 at 8:10 am

Im in the same boat, Airport wont associate in 10.6.1 to either an 802.11a (who knew those were still around?) or 802.11b unsecured network. I suspect that some part of the OSs behind-the-scenes airport magic uses the address maintained by ifcong (where-ever its stored), while other parts use a cached value (recorded before the command-line change), and the mismatch between them causes the network association to fail. Has anyone using 10.6 tried the startup script posted by Jose Vigenor above? Maybe setting the MAC address before airport loads would be effective. Of course, the *correct* solution is to get my IT department to revoke whatever ridiculous MAC-lter theyve put in place and forgotten about, but I had hoped I could skip ahead of bureaucracys sluggish pace.
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daemon says:
September 27, 2009 at 9:38 pm

Ive had success using the above method in Snow Leopard. This is on a late 2007 MacBook.
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bluesh says:
September 28, 2009 at 9:23 pm

Well, Ive given up waiting and have returned to Leopard. I gure Ill just wait till Snow Leopard adapts it, cause mac address spoong has more value to me than snow leopards minute upgrades. That being said, ill be sure to post if I nd something useful (on the web).
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Cool P says:
October 6, 2009 at 9:01 am

Can your Mac be hacked if someone knew your airport mac address? Just need to know, this is my reason for Spoof. I advice on this matter.
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stang says:
October 6, 2009 at 11:59 pm

In response to Cool P and his question on if someone knowing your mac address will make you vulnerable to being hacked. The answer is no. The mac address is used to identify that device on the network. The main reason for spoong (for me at least) is for network troubleshooting.
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Kevin Edwards says:


October 8, 2009 at 3:15 pm

Ive pretty much given up too. I carry a spare external portable drive that I can use when I need to. But it sucks to reboot and not use my normal system. Ive bookmarked this site and will test and come back when Apple releases 10.6.2 or any other patch. In the meantime, we should be vocal about this and make sure Apple knows that this is a problem for those of us who need to troubleshoot or gain access to secure networks that require us to use a specic MAC address range. For some of us, it may mean not being able to use a MacBook or MacBook Pro anymore.
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Mentaloss says:
October 14, 2009 at 4:53 pm

I have been watching these comments ever since snow leopard release. I thought Id add my two cents in. First off I know many of the readers need this command so they can set their MAC to an acceptable range for their network. My laptop already works in my network, I am using the command as a quick way to reset my IP. I have had success under 10.6.1 using the airport -z to disassociate my airport completely. (I had to use sudo airport -z). I then used the above command to switch MAC. I then am able to connect to my network just ne. Also of note, after connecting to the network and running ifcong en1 (the grep part is not needed, just running ifcong en1 gives more information on your status) I get my personalized MAC address returned. However, when looking under System Proler or Network Utility my original MAC is still listed.

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AsTeR says:
November 10, 2009 at 3:02 am

Hello, This works ne but only for en0, the command is useless for en1 even if using airport -z. Unfortunately the one i would like to change is en1 Please help !
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WaterCooled says:
November 15, 2009 at 9:02 am

Does 10.6.2 change anything to anybody?


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Cyberfunk says:
December 9, 2009 at 6:45 pm

Hey, Im running 10.6.2. and I still havent gured anything out.. about how to make this work. Ive tried everything recommended here with the only result that my macbook refuses to associate with a network when I do the MAC address change. I remember there was a airport driver extension hack a while back that would change it manually in the driver because there wasnt another way this is before you could assign it with airport -a , which apparently doesnt work anymore . Does anyone know if you can still use this trick ?
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WaterCooled says:
December 10, 2009 at 11:12 am

An Airport updateAnd nothing changed.


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December 15, 2009 at 10:20 pm

I tried the instructions at: http://www.nervous.it/2009/12/mac-spoong-on-snow-leopard/ Still no joy with 10.6.2


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Chromeo says:
December 16, 2009 at 12:34 am

Everyone, this denitely still works because I am spoong my MAC right now in Snow Leopard. Follow the instructions carefully, make sure you DO NOT split this command into 2, it looks like two lines in the article for some fontsizes but as the author says it is one command string to the paths, you are linking the airport application to /usr/sbin so you can use it by just typing airport or as one commenter said sudo airport -z since you need the admin privilege to run it. Breaking down that command is this: sudo ln -s (create the link) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport (the path to the airport utility) /usr/sbin/airport (where the link ends up so you can just type airport) but it is all in one! DO NOT forget this! sudo ln -s path destination is the format! then sudo airport -z and you are dissasociated.

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Trust me this works, doing it now by following exact instructions above. I have to spoof my MAC address nearly every day to get my MacBook Pro to be able to use the ATT hotspot at Starbucks (register on iPhone, spoof iPhone MAC, walla you have free WiFi at Starbucks)
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Jacob Riggan says:


December 18, 2009 at 1:27 am

I have Snow Leopard (10.6.2) followed the directions to the letter, and it worked ne. i also notice is still listed in System Preference as the one hard wired to the logic board. i guess that a good thing.
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shadow says:
December 20, 2009 at 9:14 am

Hello dear Mac Users I was trying to do exactly what said Chromeo. But nothing. I will try to explain what im doing. 1) Open Terminal. 2) Paste sudo ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources /airport /usr/sbin/airport (without quotes). 3) Enter. After that I have message: ln: /usr/sbin/airport: File exists. 4) Then typing airport -z. 5) Enter. After that I have message: root required to disassociate 6) Then ifcong en1 ether 11:22:33:44:55:66. 7) Enter. After that I have message: ifcong: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): permission denied P.S. I have latest rmware of the airport (2009-002 v1.0). Help please.
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shadowxer says:
December 23, 2009 at 11:47 am

shadow you are doing everything right apart from typing airport -z type sudo airport -z and your problem is xt!
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shadow says:
December 28, 2009 at 4:24 am

Last login: Mon Dec 28 06:36:37 on console unknown-00-21-xx-e2-xx-40:~ shadow$ sudo ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework /Versions/Current/Resources/airport /usr/sbin/airport WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss or the deletion of important system les. Please double-check your typing when using sudo. Type man sudo for more information. To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort. Password: unknown-00-21-xx-e2-xx-40:~ shadow$ sudo airport -z unknown-00-21-xx-e2-xx-40:~ shadow$ ifcong en1 ether 11:22:33:44:55:66 ifcong: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): permission denied unknown-00-21-xx-e2-xx-40:~ shadow$ same sh*t, nothing happens
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WaterCooled says:
January 1, 2010 at 12:32 pm

sudo ifcong en1 ether 11:22:33:44:55:66. use sudo before every command requiring admin authorizations.
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Peter says:
January 3, 2010 at 10:19 am

I have changed the MAC address, but after it I can not connect to the wi network at all. Any idea? By the way the command airpot -z did not work for me. There is a le, but bash says: command not found.

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macdet says:
January 8, 2010 at 4:17 am

some probs here maybe an only an wi prob?


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Amazed says:
January 9, 2010 at 5:25 am

Credits goes to Chromeo it works perfect, thanks a lot bro. @peter you wrote the command wrong its airport and not airpot @shadow and macdet theres no wi prob, you have to use the sudo command as WaterCooled said. MacBook unidoby 13, SnowLeopard 10.6.2
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Stella says:
January 10, 2010 at 5:38 am

Hey everyone I tried the samething with my 10.5.8 but now I cannot Connet my wireless network, I dont know what I am doing wrong and Ive pretty much tried most of your suggestions in the comments section, well if anyone can help please email me Skyss112@yahoo.com
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Snerre says:
January 13, 2010 at 8:50 am

Does anyone how to spoof whit MacBook Pro 10.5.8 ? It doesnt work this articel for 10.5.8 on my Mac Please post an answer. Tanks everybody
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Snerre says:
January 13, 2010 at 9:33 am

Sorry guy`s It`s working ne at 10.5.8. I just wrote ipconig the rst time Perfect! ave a nice day.
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Kevinkoehl says:
January 25, 2010 at 2:09 pm

Question, when I try these commands and various combinations of them: en0 etc., it doesnt seem to apply. When I grep ether it tells me what i input, but when I check system preferences its the same ethernet. Ive tried this command in root and superuser. Help please?
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Kevinkoehl says:
January 25, 2010 at 2:22 pm

Also, when I ping myself on en1 or en0 it comes back with default ethernet.
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jc says:
February 4, 2010 at 10:37 am

hi Chromeo i tried your steps, see below, and it seems to work. however i have a couple of questions > sudo ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport /usr/sbin/airport > sudo airport -z > ifcong en0 | grep ether ether d4:9a:21:03:26:5e 1. when i look system preferences->network->airport->ethernet, is still shows my original Mac Address. is this normal? 2. after i rebooted the machine, the Mac address remains as the new one. is

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February 7, 2010 at 11:07 am

here is the update to what i posted on feb 4 i typed sudo ifcong en1 lladdr 00:25:11:4f:33:22 now i see 00:25:11:4f:33:22 in my wireless router under attached devices, however, i still see the OLD mac address in system preference->network->Airport->ethernet ?? can anyone explain this??
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echo_host says:
February 8, 2010 at 10:17 am

Im running 10.6 and noticed that nothing was working, in apps or in terminal. I found out you need to disable the airport by trying to join a non existent network, then pressing cancel. Then doing the commands to change the en1 mac. Its working on my macbook pro right now. Very happy there is a x. Proven working x is on this site: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/changemac
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jc says:
February 8, 2010 at 8:39 pm

@echo_host thanks for the updates here are my questions 1. after you did that, what does it show in system preference->network->Airport->ethernet? new or original Mac address 2. after you reboot your computer, do you need to do this again? i guess the spoof Mac address is for the current session only, right??
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mik says:
February 20, 2010 at 8:44 am

I have some problems with a white Macbook. On the imac its all ok but not here. I tried to dissociate the airport but I get an ! so when I change the MAC airport wont connect anymore. Any help?
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WaterCooled says:
February 24, 2010 at 1:48 pm

echo_host : Still not working for me. Lucky you. Maybe for 10.6.3.
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Jakob says:
March 5, 2010 at 5:22 pm

running 10.6.2 and I got the same issue: Im able to change my MAC address using sudo ifcong en1 ether 00:11:22:33:44:55 (with and without sudo airport -z as described above) but afterwards I cant connect to wireless networks anymore. Im getting timeout errors and I need to reboot before I can successfully reconnect to my wireless network. any ideas?

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mik says:
March 9, 2010 at 7:02 am

I wish I could resolve this error in airport


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March 10, 2010 at 2:31 am

here u go guys amazing little app http://blog.funkensturm.de/2010/01/22/airportclown-simple-mac-address-spoof-for-snow-leopard/


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Mk says:
March 10, 2010 at 10:17 am

Johnason your app still no work, changing mac its not a problem but then I cant connect on anywhere
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Mahmut says:
March 25, 2010 at 7:49 am

Also, when I ping myself on en1 or en0 it comes back with default ethernet.
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Kevin Edwards says:


March 29, 2010 at 11:45 am

Im nally getting success with this with the revision to AirPortClown that can be downloaded directly here: http://www.multiupload.com/5GK5RBR5I0 It was posted by Alfred D in this thread: http://blog.funkensturm.de/2010/01/22/airportclown-simple-mac-address-spoof-for-snow-leopard/ Im running this on a MacBook Pro 13 Unibody with 10.6.2. To be clear, this changes the MAC Address *and* then I am able to connect to a WiFi network. Prior to this, the MAC address would change, but I would be unable to connect.
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Kevin Edwards says:


March 29, 2010 at 6:48 pm

That didnt last long. The AirPortClown revision doesnt run on 10.6.3. I get an error ifcong: cant set link-level netmask or broadcast
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What Eva says:


April 20, 2010 at 3:24 pm

Yeah, this doesnt work. The en1 MAC address doesnt change, regardless of the status of your wireless connection.
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anoraak says:
April 20, 2010 at 3:43 pm

dude did you follow the directions? I use spoong constantly at my school
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Fernando says:
April 25, 2010 at 11:40 am

Spoong will only work if a) airport is running; and b) airport is disassociated from any network. Use terminal to submit the following, and the airport icon on the upper-right hand corner will grey out. sudo airport -z
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Hi Dee Brown! The tutorial is ne. I have 1 problem, hope to get solution from you. I have an optical internet connection(wire) which the ISP congured with my macbook (ethernet port), which means i can only use that macbook. Now i have 2 macbook and i wanna use both of them via WLAN. so is it possible to clone the assigned MAC address into the Airport express so that i can use both of my macbook via wireless ? Plz help Thanx in advance
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cups says:
May 8, 2010 at 9:30 am

Why dont you just get a wireless router?


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Bapi says:
May 8, 2010 at 11:31 am

Thanx Cups but the problem is that they congured using the MAC adress. now is it possible to clone MAC adress on Airport Express ( coz as far i know its not possible in airport express) so, i wanna know if sumbd knows any trick to do so. ???? thanx in advance
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cups says:
May 8, 2010 at 12:35 pm

of course you can spoof to whatever MAC address you want, even the same as another machine, but you may run into conicts.
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Bapi says:
May 8, 2010 at 12:50 pm

Thanx again,CUPS plz let me know (the steps) how can i do it ( spoong ) , cloning mac address to airport express. thanx in advance
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Sri says:
May 14, 2010 at 7:31 am

hi spoong the airport mac address closes the ports in transmission..is there any way to open them
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Feanne says:
May 26, 2010 at 8:00 pm

Thank you so much for this helpful tip! I had to use this when I moved my modem from my old computer to my new computer. For some reason, my modem would only work with my old computer.. I had to spoof the old computers MAC address on the new computer to get my modem to work with the latter.
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Lucas C says:
May 29, 2010 at 9:52 am

Thanks !! Follow the AirPortClown link for dl, it make my life easier ! http://hotle.com/dl/45427324/3906eb6/AirPortClown.zip.html
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So I tried AirportClown (there is a newer version than via your link) and it says it worked. Indeed, if in a terminal window I do: ifcong en1 | grep ether then I also see that it worked. However, in the network preferences it stubbornly continues to see 7 use the actual hardware mac address of my late 2009 MacBook Pros WIFI (Im running 10.6.4). Ive heard the AirportClown method worked under 10.6.2, then it broke for 10.6.3 and was xed, and now its broke again for 10.6.4 . Anybody out there know how to x this!
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Frickalik says:
July 3, 2010 at 12:25 am

Since everyone scrolls all the way to the bottom and doesnt look through other comments. I am on 10.6.4 and spoong my MAC address right now. Do THIS: sudo ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport /usr/sbin/airport then sudo airport -z and you are dissociated. (If this does not work, go to the Airport icon, click join other network and type in some random SSID. It will say Connection failed and you are not connected ) Then set your MAC address to what you want: sudo ifcong en1 ether 11:22:33:44:55:66 Then Check if it worked. ifcong en1 | grep ether These steps worked on 2 separate Macbooks. With reboots. Note that after reboot that these steps will have to repeated. If there is a note of access denied Throw a sudo in front of the command. If airport is not found. Please read NOTE in original directions which will tell you what the command is but i didnt have a problem with these directions. To nd local Wi spots and MAC addresses of clients Use KISMAC http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17199 Open, go to preferences>Drivers> Use scroll down menu and select Apple Airport blah blah PASSIVE mode and add. Go back. Scan. double click your gateway protected hotspot and see your wi clients MAC addresses *NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR TESTING PURPOSES ONLY, NOT FOR VULNERABILITY EXPLOITATION*
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Frickalik says:
July 3, 2010 at 12:27 am

AIRCLOWN DOES NOT WORK FOR 10.6.4 Youll have to wait for a new version. Thanks to Chromeo for the actual directions. I just reposted and cleaned it up a bit. ^^directions above
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With MacSpoofer you can spoof your MAC address very easy from the System Preferences, download it from http://www.macspoofer.com )

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Jeff says:
August 26, 2010 at 8:06 pm

Im able to change my mac but I still cant get around a blocked site. I have charter internet and for some reason they block one site that shouldnt be blocked in the rst place. Any ideas?
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phil says:
September 14, 2010 at 10:08 am

I try MacSpoofer on 10.6;4 but I can t make a connection I have the message connection time out any ideas ?
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Drew says:
October 1, 2010 at 12:26 pm

Im running OS X 10.5.8. I used the sudo ifcong en1 ether 00:e2:e3:e4:e5:e6 command in the terminal and when I check it with ifcong en1 | grep ether I see the spoofed MAC address. However, when I go into my system preferences, go to airport advanced settings I still see my original MAC address listed under the ethernet tab. Is my address being spoofed? The terminal shows the spoof, but system settings do not. Thanks.
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v2i says:
October 8, 2010 at 4:40 am

since the spoong command sudo ifcong en1 00::::: is temporary (meaning: if you restart your mac the original hardware mac-address will be the one used by your os settings again) your airport advanced settings will show the original one Drew. dont worry ! if terminal shows the spoofed mac-address it is spoofed all right (:
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prepressyahoo says:
October 28, 2010 at 2:06 pm

I am having an issue with QuarkXpress 7.5 and having it run on system 10.6.4. From all the research I have done, the program crashes due to the rewire and its mac address. Is there a way to disable the rewire or to change its mac address. If so, please let me know. Thank you.
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IceStone says:
November 6, 2010 at 11:55 pm

My notebook has a Atheros ar928X wireless card. I can not change the mac address successfully. I think the reason is the airport driver for ar928X. Snow Leopard gain the mac address from the rmware on the card via airport driver. If we typing ifcong en1 XX:XX., the mac address in driver is not changed actually. So I think, if you cannot change your airport mac address , you maybe other drive for you wireless card. My notebook can change mac address in Win7 when I use OEM drive.
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dennis says:
November 28, 2010 at 8:09 pm

########################### Nothing worxs for me Can change mac address, but then cant reconnect to wi. - Tried all the hints - disassoziating through command line - cancelled connecting to imaginary ssid. - also tried airportclown, macspoofer, xaaspoof osx 10.6.4 MBP1,3 15 Santa Rosa C2D 2,4 GHz NV GT8600M / 256MB FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170 Firmware# 29.04.29
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Jumpot S says:
January 1, 2011 at 9:06 am

Dear All I tried to change Mac Address but it ask me about password which i didnt setup for password due to I brought from Apple Store and I use since out of the box. Would you please kindly help me to advice how I do for change Mac Address. Thank you in Advance. Best Regards, Jumpot S.
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Ose says:
January 4, 2011 at 2:39 pm

Related to this How to change IP address (Mac OS X with cable-router)? I mean, the public IP address showing at http://whatismyipaddress.com Connection via cable: 50/3 Mbps Router Cisco EPC3825 EuroDocsis 3.0 Gateway Mac OS X 10.6.5 (Snow Leopard) Two Macs and a printer connected to the Cisco EPC3825 via Ethernet cables. WiFi usually off, but sometimes on. The cable ISP provides dynamic public IP, yet does not change it after rebooting Mac, rebooting router, resetting router or even unplugging router. I know that the public IP can be changed transforming the above cable-router into a cable-modem and then adding a neutral router, but what I am looking for is a way of changing the public IP using the Cisco EPC3825 alone. Thanks.
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ref2003 says:
January 16, 2011 at 8:00 pm

sudo ifcong en0 ether xxxxxxxxxxxxx worked like a charm for me on 10.6.6 rst attempt! Thanks!
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OseX says:
January 18, 2011 at 2:46 pm

If I type in terminal the following:

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I get an error: ifcong: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Invalid argument What did I wrong? Thanks.
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W says:
January 18, 2011 at 4:26 pm

The MAC address is your machines physical address, whereas your IP address is the address of your computer on a network. Spoong a MAC address wont change your IP, and vice versa.
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Vinicius says:
February 23, 2011 at 8:02 am

Hi, I did whats on the page, and pops two numbers like this: ether 00:1f:5b:3a:a4: 44 ether 00:1f:5b:3a:a4:45 could someone help me, what is the correct mac address may be by e-mail (vcantalejo@msn.com) Thanks Vinicius
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