Thursday 26 March 2015

HOW TO SPOOF MAC ADDRESS OF ANDROID DEVICES

MAC address spoofing helps to get Campus wifi protected by cyberoam on your android mobile device.

MAC address spoofing can be used to change MAC id of your device to MAC id of a PC which is registered on Campus wifi.

At first you should know MAC address of a PC registered on campus wifi.

MAC address (Media Access Control address) is a 12-character unique identifier assigned to a specific piece of hardware such as the network adapter of your WiFi device. In simple words, a MAC address can be used to uniquely identify your Android phone on the Internet or the local network.

Spoofing MAC Address on Android Devices

Even though MAC address is embedded on the hardware device during manufacture, it can still be spoofed to input a new one of your choice. Here is a detailed instruction on how to spoof MAC address on your Android phone.

Before you spoof the MAC address, you need to record the original/current MAC address of your device which can be done according to the instruction below:


On the Home Screen of your phone, tap Menu button and go to Settings.
Tap About Device and go to Status
Now scroll down to record the 12-digit code shown under Wi-Fi Mac address. An address would read something like:

Example MAC address: E5:12:D8:E5:69:97

Requirements for Spoofing the MAC Address

    MAC address of a registered PC

    Rooted Android Phone

    BusyBox app installed on your phone.

    (busy box can be found y searching on play store)

    Once BusyBox is installed, you need to install Terminal app (available on playstore)


Once the above requirements are satisfied, follow the instructions below to spoof your MAC address:

open terminal app.

Now you can see line starting with a $.

now type following commands and hit enter

$ su [HIT ENTER]

$ busybox iplink show eth0 [HIT ENTER]

(This will show your current MAC address, just for your confirmation)

Now, type the following command:

$ busybox ifconfig eth0 hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX [HIT ENTER]

(In the above command, replace XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX with your new MAC address)

You have now spoofed your MAC address successfully. To check for the change enter the following command again:

$ busybox iplink show eth0 [HIT ENTER]

(Now you should see your new MAC address)

Done. you have successfully changed your mac address.

Now you can browse internet on your mobilephone using campus wifi.

NOTE: Now your mobile phone will be having ame MAC id of a PC. these two devices should not be connected to wifi at same time. This can be detected Cyberom. so be carefull.

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