With Ubuntu 14.04 when I wanted to connect to a network using a different mac address I would run the following commands
sudo service network-manager stop
sudo ifconfig $interface down
sudo macchanger -m <mac_addresse> $interface
sudo ifconfig $interface up
sudo service network-manager start
This would assign a new mac address which persisted after network-manager was restarted and a new connection to the network was made.
now, on Ubuntu 16.04, after running those same commands using
sudo macchanger -m 00:60:1B:EB:F8:73 wlp2s0
I then restart network-manager but not connected to the network yet, the new macchanger assigned mac address persists i.e.
% nmcli dev show wlp2s0
GENERAL.DEVICE: wlp2s0
GENERAL.TYPE: wifi
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:60:1B:EB:F8:73
address assigned by macchanger -->^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
GENERAL.MTU: 0
GENERAL.STATE: 30 (disconnected)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
but the moment I connect to a network, the mac address is reset back to the original hardware mac address. after making connection to the network
% nmcli dev show wlp2s0
GENERAL.DEVICE: wlp2s0
GENERAL.TYPE: wifi
GENERAL.HWADDR: E0:06:E6:A3:2C:A7
mac is back to original hardware -->^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 100 (connected)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: lowfi
GENERAL.CON-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0
IP4.ADDRESS[1]: 92.10.26.193/20
IP4.GATEWAY: 92.10.24.1
IP4.ROUTE[1]: dst = 169.254.0.0/16, nh = 0.0.0.0, mt = 1000
IP4.DNS[1]: 202.8.44.226
IP4.DNS[2]: 202.8.47.10
IP6.GATEWAY:
How can I make the macchanger assigned mac address persist when connecting to the network using the command line?
