routerguy Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Hi guys, I have a network where MAC filtering is put in place. Would it be possible to change the MAC address of the WiFi Pineapple to bypass the MAC filtering, then use the WiFi Pineapple as a wireless router? I need access to the network via 2 computers, but there is only 1 LAN port and it's locked to that specific computer's MAC address.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDinosaur Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Use macchanger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 You can ssh into your pineapple and use the macchanger command: macchanger --mac <your required mac> wlan0 Make sure the interface is down before you use this command (ifconfig wlan0 down) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
routerguy Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) Edit: just saw both replies. Thanks guys! :) Edited October 23, 2013 by routerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spazi Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) I typically type "macchanger -r wlan0"Easier and faster, -r means random as Sailor said, first type "ifconfig wlan0 down" to turn it off after that you type "macchanger -r wlan0" which gives you a random MAC address and last you type "ifconfig wlan0 up" to activate your wifi card agian :) Edited October 23, 2013 by spazi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomson14 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 This may be me just not understanding as I am still fairly new to all of this. But when I run the command: ifconfig wlan0 down && macchanger -r wlan0 && ifconfig wlan0 up I am prompted with a success that it has changed. I can go into the network settings on the interface and see that it has changed. The thing is when I check by recon to make sure it was truly a success it still shows up as the old mac address? The settings in network interface shows the new mac but when I recon it still shows the old one. Its probably something simple but any help is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4X Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 11/27/2021 at 8:11 AM, Tomson14 said: This may be me just not understanding as I am still fairly new to all of this. But when I run the command: ifconfig wlan0 down && macchanger -r wlan0 && ifconfig wlan0 up I am prompted with a success that it has changed. I can go into the network settings on the interface and see that it has changed. The thing is when I check by recon to make sure it was truly a success it still shows up as the old mac address? The settings in network interface shows the new mac but when I recon it still shows the old one. Its probably something simple but any help is great! Hey tomson14 or anyone looking for answers, I had the same issue, I am also fairly new to the wifi pineapple and was trying to figure out how to change the mac address of my Open Access Point. That is where people can connect to your pineapple, NOT the Management Access Point and NOT the Evil WPA Access Point. I was able to use "ifconfig wlan0 down && macchanger -r wlan0 && ifconfig wlan0 up" in the terminal as you described and see the changes in the wifi pineapple settings but as soon as my access point would go up (or reset to change mac address) it would change back to the persistent mac (default hardware one). I finally found out how to permanently change it to what I want, all you have to do is SSH to your pineapple or simply use the module called "Cabinet" from newbi3 just download from your pineapple modules. Open Cabinet and browse to "etc/config/" and edit the file called "wireless". This is an example of the file, look for the device/access point you would like to change the mac address of, for example I wanted to change the Open Access Point so I looked for the name I had configured in my pineapple for it. config wifi-iface option device 'radio0' option network 'lan' option mode 'ap' option maxassoc '100' option encryption 'none' option macaddr '11:44:55:55:44:11' <<-------------------either add or change this line option ssid 'Free_Public_WiFi' option hidden '0' Either add or change the line option macaddr of the network/access point you would like to modify. option macaddr '11:44:55:55:44:11' Then save the file and reboot your pineapple and it should be boot up your new mac address from now on. Note: For people less experience please do not modify anything else in this file or your pineapple system files without knowing what you are changing. If pineapple fails to boot because of wrong settings, please reset the firmware and start from scratch again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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