[Imagined Self]

I have noticed something particular I need to assess. I hope I can find some resolve here,

my intention is to scan airodump-ng with a changed mac address on the wlan0mon...

what is happening is after changing the mac address, airodump does not show the results with a changed mac address...

only when I up/down ifconfig wlan0mon will the mac address reset to the original thus allowing airodump to show the results of the area around me.

Can anyone shed some light on to this?

I assume the NIC may not be allowed to scan in monitor, with a changed mac address this way?

Or Im not doing something right...

oh btw Im using a certified usb panda wifi card for Kali linux. thanks for any help and comments are always welcomed.

[Imagined Self]

After some research I still do not understand this issue...

Let me rephrase, How can i remain anonymous when researching for wireless vulnerabilities in my area?

If it is showing in the router log, I am attempting to connect, then that is telling me I am at risk. I am confused.
Google is frustrating me, I need someone with experience that can simply explain it to a child. any help is still greatly appreciated

I did read that kali removed this function... thus my confusion as to why macchanger exists, and why people use it but then why it doesnt work...

what am i to use so i can spoof my mac address?

for example: I tried to use the spoofing technique for wireless hotspot connection.. every hour you need to disconnect, change mac, reconnect, and boom, you should have internet access again. At least this is how easy the guides and videos make it. In practice, it worked for a few times. I think The hotsopt AP is blocking my ip or mac address... and even when i change the mac, it still will not let me connect, still sees my old identity, and says, i have to pay for access to information.

What am i misunderstanding here?

[sqw3EgL]

Hi,
it seems this is an issue with the network-manager service reading and storing the MAC address. i found that if you:
1. Turn off network manager
2. Take down the interface
3. Change MAC with macchanger
4. Take interface back up
5. Restart network manager service
6. Associate with router.
tested this on my home router - the new spoofed MAC was in the logs.

Commands:
1. service network-manager stop
2. ifconfig wlan1 down
3. macchanger -m 00:00:12:a1:2b:3c (or any random MAC)
4. ifconfig wlan1 up
5. service network-manager start
Hope this helps and it is what you were aiming for.
Cheers
Sq.

[Synthx]

Hi,
it seems this is an issue with the network-manager service reading and storing the MAC address. i found that if you:
1. Turn off network manager
2. Take down the interface
3. Change MAC with macchanger
4. Take interface back up
5. Restart network manager service
6. Associate with router.
tested this on my home router - the new spoofed MAC was in the logs.

Commands:
1. service network-manager stop
2. ifconfig wlan1 down
3. macchanger -m 00:00:12:a1:2b:3c (or any random MAC)
4. ifconfig wlan1 up
5. service network-manager start
Hope this helps and it is what you were aiming for.
Cheers
Sq.

macchanger should already do those on its own.....
All I had to ever do was this:

Code:

sudo macchanger -r en0

It automatically took down the network interface and everything...

[Blink]

I think that your WiFi card/driver is the problem. Similar things have happened to me, and it was the WiFi adapter. Try using another WiFi adapter if you can.

[mothered]

what am i to use so i can spoof my mac address?

What are you using at the moment, and/or what methodology are you using to spoof?

How can I remain anonymous when researching for wireless vulnerabilities In my area?

I'll state the obvious here. In the above scenario (when scanning for vulnerabilities via your AP), It's the "AP's" (Router's) MAC address that's exposed, not the device's NIC/WNIC MAC address. A lot of routers have the option (within It's default gateway Interface) to change the MAC address. If you hook onto a given AP with your device, It's your device's MAC address that will be exposed.
EDIT: Info added.