I’m using the latest Kali version as of today (11/2/17), and just got the Alfa AWUS036NHA you recommended. I noticed that my current MAC is different from my permanent MAC.
Typing “macchanger -s wlan0”, I get:
Current MAC: de:72:0d:61:93:20 (unknown)
Permanent MAC: 00:c0:ca:96:c9:ba (ALFA, INC.)
After taking the interface down, and typing “macchanger -r wlan0”, I get:
Current MAC: da:67:c5:67:3c:77 (unknown)
Permanent MAC: 00:c0:ca:96:c9:ba (ALFA, INC.)
New MAC: 66:77:49:52:49:36 (unknown)
Note that the Current MAC is different.
Then, after bring up the interface, and typing “macchanger -s wlan0” again, I get:
Current MAC: 42:65:1f:ed:0a:86 (unknown)
Permanent MAC: 00:c0:ca:96:c9:ba (ALFA, INC.)
So, I’m getting three Current MACS for the only wireless adapter I have plugged in, and none of them are the same as the permanent MAC.
What’s going on here?
Thanks, I’m really enjoying the course so far.
If config gives yet another address:
wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 2e:72:a6:6a:d6:0a txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
So why, before I make any changes at all, is my Current MAC different from my Permanent MAC? And, why do I have so many different Current MAC addresses after using Macchanger, dependent on which command I use to view them?
Plus, if I type “ip link show wlan0”, I get this:
3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
link/ether fe:e5:8d:36:7a:f0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Thanks for your help.
“I can’t tell you why.”
Yeah, welcome to my life, I guess. I ran into a ton of problems like this while taking the Udemy CCSC (I’m in the middle of the second course, I paused it to do Nmap and this course) - weird little things that didn’t really interfere as much as just didn’t work like they were supposed to.
Oh well, onward through the fog. I’m going to try it on a laptop I set up as dedicated Kali, just to see. Thanks anyway.
You will find lots of stuff like this. Especially with free and not well-supported software.