How to change MAC address in Kali linux

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How to change MAC address in Kali linux

  1. Open Terminal
  2. Type “ifconfig” without quotes
    3.Output consists eth0: and wlan0:
    4.In wlan0: you can see six hexadecimal pairs seperated by colon like 1a:2b:3c:4d:56:79 that is your MAC address before you chage.
    5.Type"ifconfig wlan0 down" again without quote and hit ENTER
    6.Last and final step is type “ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55” without quotes and make sure you start with 00 at the begining.
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You can check if your MAC is changed or not by running two commands.
those are

1.ifconfig wlan0 up
2.ifconfig

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