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Updating OpenCPN and changing MAC address
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Author:  volare [ 04 Feb 2016, 12:25 ]
Post subject:  Updating OpenCPN and changing MAC address
Has anybody updated OpenCPN on their Navigatrix install to 4.2 yet? I've got a notebook running Windows 10 and I'm thinking about blowing it out and putting Ubuntu/Navigatrix on it since I want to start weening myself off Microsoft. Between them forcing updates, their ads and spyware in a low bandwidth environment, and lastly I needed to change my mac address due to problems with a wifi at a marina and it wasn't allowed--I'm done.

Anyhow, not wanting to bash Microsoft, but I don't want to load it up from my ISO if it's about to get revved.
Author:  Moe [ 04 Feb 2016, 20:13 ]
Post subject:  Updating OpenCPN and changing MAC address
If you look what is available in the repository, you will find it current.
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The new version of OpenCPN has only been out since February 3rd. It is not in the repository. They have not even updated their own website.
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Sometimes it's best to let the dust settle before jumping in.

Changing the MAC address is relatively easy, for example
Code:
sudo macchanger -A wlan0
will assign a new MAC address to your wlan0 interface.

The complication is you must know the name of your interface, as not all wifi is wlan0.

From the terminal (<ctrl><alt><t>) while your wifi is live
Code:
ifconfig
it will spit back a bunch of stuff
Code:
netty@netty:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 74:5a:34:cc:3d:e6 
          inet addr:192.168.0.4  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::725a:b6ff:fedd:1df2/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:13707233 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:17091609 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:29
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3446040395 (3.4 GB)  TX bytes:3942462189 (3.9 GB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:200454 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:200454 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:49694490 (49.6 MB)  TX bytes:49694490 (49.6 MB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 78:e4:22:3d:4f:3d 
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
As you see I'm using the ethernet connection eth0, and my wifi is wlan0, but the process is the same for all MAC gizmos with the proper name.

The next thing is to shut down the interface to change numbers.
Code:
sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
Now you can change it.
Code:
sudo macchanger -A wlan0
then bring the interface back online.
Code:
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
You could also install the GUI for this
Code:
sudo apt-get macchanger-gtk
which is nice, but it's not much easier.

The biggest problem is the current version of macchanger introduced a bug which that does not allow full 'random' MAC address assignment, but you should be able to live with that.
Code:
netty@netty:~$ sudo macchanger -A wlan0
[sudo] password for netty:
Current MAC:   78:e4:00:4c:2c:39 (Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.,Ltd.)
Permanent MAC: 78:e4:00:4c:2c:39 (Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.,Ltd.)
[ERROR] Could not change MAC: interface up or insufficient permissions: Device or resource busy
netty@netty:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
netty@netty:~$ sudo macchanger -A wlan0
Current MAC:   78:e4:00:4c:2c:39 (Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.,Ltd.)
Permanent MAC: 78:e4:00:4c:2c:39 (Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.,Ltd.)
New MAC:       ec:2c:49:4c:2c:39 (University of Tokyo)
netty@netty:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
netty@netty:~$
If you want other options consult the manual
Code:
man macchanger
Good luck.
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