Comments on: Generate and Set a Random Valid MAC Address from the Command Line in OS X http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/02/generate-and-set-random-valid-mac-address/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hidayat http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/02/generate-and-set-random-valid-mac-address/#comment-459805 Hidayat Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:33:03 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=29820#comment-459805 how to change nokia n8 mac address how to change nokia n8 mac address

]]> By: Tiristore http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/02/generate-and-set-random-valid-mac-address/#comment-400275 Tiristore Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:39:33 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=29820#comment-400275 Can you explain me better (step by step...) hot to set up an alias and use .bash_profile? Do I have to do it with terminal? I'm really confused! Thanks Can you explain me better (step by step…) hot to set up an alias and use .bash_profile? Do I have to do it with terminal?
I’m really confused!
Thanks

]]> By: Matt http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/02/generate-and-set-random-valid-mac-address/#comment-384900 Matt Thu, 03 May 2012 17:43:35 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=29820#comment-384900 You should change 'sed 's/$/00/'' to 'sed 's/$/10/'' above so that the locally-administered bit is set. This is exactly what this bit is reserved for. You should change ‘sed ‘s/$/00/” to ‘sed ‘s/$/10/” above so that the locally-administered bit is set. This is exactly what this bit is reserved for.

]]> By: MBH http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/02/generate-and-set-random-valid-mac-address/#comment-384670 MBH Thu, 03 May 2012 00:09:41 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=29820#comment-384670 Here's a more compact way to generate the MAC address: perl -e 'printf "%02x:"x 5 ."%02x\n", int(rand(64))*4, map {int(rand(256))}(1..5)' Be sure to keep the spaces around the first 5. You can add the trailing "| xargs ..." from the other example to set your address. Here’s a more compact way to generate the MAC address:

perl -e ‘printf “%02x:”x 5 .”%02x\n”, int(rand(64))*4, map {int(rand(256))}(1..5)’

Be sure to keep the spaces around the first 5. You can add the trailing “| xargs …” from the other example to set your address.

]]> By: Shenbo http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/02/generate-and-set-random-valid-mac-address/#comment-384660 Shenbo Wed, 02 May 2012 23:50:35 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=29820#comment-384660 I turned it into a bash script and tossed it into /usr/local/bin/ for easy access, couldn't escape the characters properly to insert it into an alias. Thanks for the tip. I turned it into a bash script and tossed it into /usr/local/bin/ for easy access, couldn’t escape the characters properly to insert it into an alias. Thanks for the tip.

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