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ifconfig (short for interface configuration) is a system administration utility

ifconfig (short for interface configuration) is a system administration utility in Unix-like operating systems to configure, control, and query TCP/IP network interface parameters from a command line interface (CLI)

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Can't change my mac address - can't assign requested address

I wonder, why can't I change my mac address by doing this: sudo ifconfig wlan0 down sudo ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 03:a0:04:d3:00:11 The error is SIOCSIFHWADDR: Cannot assign requested address I googled but found nothing valuable. P.S As usual, I…
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Identify Wireless MAC Address

I have a desktop for which I am using an Asus N-10 USB Wireless Adapter. No driver software is needed I guess since I can see the available wifi networks. However, I am unable to connect as the "MAC Address" I gave to my service provider is…
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The ifconfig command is not running

I am using Kali Linux through vmware . I tried to use ifconfig command. but it shows error message command doest exist. please give me a solution.
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Two computer MAC Addresses

In Ubuntu 14.04, when I run the command ifconfig | grep HWaddr to know the mac address of my computer, I find two MAC addresses, how is it possible? zina@zina-HP-Pavilion-g4-Notebook-PC:~$ ifconfig | grep HWaddr eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr…
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I could'nt use ethernet in windows so i installed Ubuntu14.04 but its same.i ran the commands results are below

tonycarter@tonycarter-Inspiron-3521:~$ ifconfig 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:3705…
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Need ifconfig help

I'm a complete noob at Ubuntu. I'm having to do some work on it, and was told to explain what happens when you type in the command "ifconfig", but I have no idea what single thing of this means. Please explain to me, in the most understandable way…
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