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 Concept - Mac Address Mac Address is an acronym for Media Access Control Address and means the media access control address in various computer operating systems (except for the mac operating system). It is one of the basic addresses and numbers for connecting any smart device of any kind to the Internet.




And to simplify things more, the Mac Address allows you to control many things, the most important of which is the ability to access the Internet in your network and to track the activities of each user and their location on an ongoing basis.


And it is considered one of the most dangerous numbers when it comes to protecting Internet devices on a single network, such as public networks and work networks, is the Mac Address, through which the network manager can control a lot of things and track all your activities on the Internet, including, of course, shopping activities and the use of prepaid cards.



The Mac Address is a unique number for each device and is responsible for identification on the network. It is specially designed for all network cards such as Ethernet and Wi-Fi cards.


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Since there are millions of devices working on the network that need their own Mac Address, there must be a wide range of available addresses, and for this we find a MAC address consisting of six decimal digits, each of which is composed of two digits separated by dots, for example, the MAC address of the Ethernet card may be 00:0d:83:b1:c0:8e Fortunately, you don't need to know this address because most networks recognize it automatically.


How to change the MAC address on Windows

Via Device Manager in Control Panel


Change the MAC address on Windows


1. Control Panel



Click on the Start menu, then on Control Panel.


2. Device Manager


Click on System and Security, then click on System, then Device Manager (if you are using the classification system in the Control Panel), or click on Device Manager directly.


3. Click the arrow next to Network adapters

Where you will see a list of all devices installed on the computer and classified into sections.


You will see a list of properties to choose from. Or double-click with the left mouse button to open the properties window.


Note: To find out which network adapter device you are using, you can disconnect the device (if it is your phone, for example) to notice that a device will disappear from the list of devices. Here I am using the Remote NDIS device.


4. Advanced


Click on the Advanced tab. Find the network address or local administration address entry, click on it and a number will appear in the value field.Click the button next to the value field..


Not all adapters can be changed in this way. If you do not find these steps, try another way.


5. Enter the new MAC address


The Mac Address consists of 12 numeric values without any commas when writing it. For example, if you want the address to be 2A:1B:4C:3D:6E:5F, type in the field 2A1B4C3D6E5F.


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6. Restart your computer to install the changes


You can deactivate the network adapter by reactivating it again within Windows to install the change without restarting through the Wi-Fi on/off button. Or by right-clicking on the network adapter, then choosing Disable. Then enable Enable again.


7. Make sure to change the MAC address


After restarting the computer, go to the command prompt and type ipconfig /all and confirm the new Mac Address.


How to replace the MAC address on Linux

First, open the terminal and type: sudo apt-get install macchanger


Then type ifconfig in the terminal. You should know that if you are using the Internet via a cable, eth0 will appear for you, and if you are using a Wi-Fi network (wireless), wlan0 will appear for you, then replace wlp2s0 with the name of your device as follows:


sudo ifconfig wlp2s0 down && sudo macchanger -r wlp2s0 && sudo ifconfigwlp2s0 up

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