Spoofing or changing your MAC address in Linux is useful for bypassing network restrictions, improving privacy on public Wi-Fi, or troubleshooting network hardware configurations.
Using the ip command
- Open your terminal.
- Turn off the network interface:
sudo ip link set dev eth0 down(replace eth0 with your interface). - Change the MAC address:
sudo ip link set dev eth0 address 00:11:22:33:44:55. - Turn the interface back on:
sudo ip link set dev eth0 up.