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#!/bin/bash
NEWMAC=`openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//'`
ifconfig $1 ether $NEWMAC
ifconfig $1 down
ifconfig $1 up

I pass en0 or en1 as the sole argument to the script and run as sudo. When I do this, the MAC does change, however I cannot restore connectivity until I reboot and the new MAC is lost. Initially the interface displays no IP, but after a few minutes it displays an IP and claims to have DHCP information. However, I believe this is a cached data and not an actual renewal, as I cannot ping, load pages, or otherwise connect to the Internet.

I have appended this snippet with no improvement in results.

ipconfig set $1 BOOTP
ipconfig set $1 DHCP
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  • I know it this was over three years ago, but did my solution solve your problem? If so, could you please mark it as the correct answer? Thanks!
    – Andrew Larsson
    Dec 18, 2015 at 0:07

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If you're on MacOSX 10.5 or later, at the beginning of your script, call sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -z. Another thing you could do to improve this is to call the script itself with sudo instead of calling sudo multiple times within.

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  • When I have sudo ifconfig $1 down before sudo ifconfig $1 ether $NEWMAC, I get this error: ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Device power is off. I've modified the script to require sudo when calling the script.
    – TravisThomas
    May 27, 2012 at 23:13
  • Oh, my bad. I'll edit my answer. Did using sudo ifconfig set $1 DHCP work for you?
    – Andrew Larsson
    May 27, 2012 at 23:19
  • Just tested it... results in ifconfig: interface set does not exist and the connection remains down.
    – TravisThomas
    May 27, 2012 at 23:28
  • Oh, I messed up, and I edited my answer again.
    – Andrew Larsson
    May 27, 2012 at 23:34
  • Oh, I think it's ipconfig and not ifconfig for this command, sorry. I get the two mixed up. Answer updated.
    – Andrew Larsson
    May 27, 2012 at 23:39

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