I know that mint 18 xfce has the core of Xubuntu but the issue is that even though I change mac address using macchanger when I connect to the router for internet the wifi goes to the mac address on the chip,I know this because after I disconnect from the router. I check my mac address and its the chip mac address.Dont know if this is a hardware,driver, or software issue but the atheros hardware and driver or something else wont let me spoof the mac address in linux mint.
But the spoofing works great in windows 7.
mac address changing on mint
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Re: mac address changing on mint
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I am using Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64 bit with AMD processor . Memory 8GB
I am using Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64 bit with AMD processor . Memory 8GB
Re: mac address changing on mint
tried it and it doesnt work it always reverts to the chip mac address which I would assume is a driver issue,Tails linux that I have found does work well to spoof mac address but I hate the gnome3 desktop I mean the gnome3 desktop system is a memory hog at 2.5 Gb ram.I would like mint/ubuntu to act like tails with/without the tor browser.
Re: mac address changing on mint
found the solution downloaded all the deb packages of wicd removed the gnome network manager and it works great.