Downloads:
733
Downloads of v 2.0.0.5:
733
Last Update:
04 Jul 2020
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- wandersick
Tags:
chmac utility network security wi-fi mac address networking windows batch scipt command cliChMac
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2.0.0.5 | Updated: 04 Jul 2020
Downloads:
733
Downloads of v 2.0.0.5:
733
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- wandersick
ChMac 2.0.0.5
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install ChMac, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade ChMac, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall ChMac, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download chmac --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/
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For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
- Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade chmac -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade chmac -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install chmac
win_chocolatey:
name: chmac
version: '2.0.0.5'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'chmac' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '2.0.0.5'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller chmac
{
Name = "chmac"
Version = "2.0.0.5"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'chmac':
ensure => '2.0.0.5',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved by moderator mwallner on 11 Jul 2020.
Named after getmac and chmod, chmac
is a command-line-interface (CLI) tool for Windows that changes or randomizes MAC addresses of specified network adapters, e.g. for a client device to reuse public Wi-Fi hotspot that has exceeded usage limit for the day (e.g. hotels, restaurants), or to enhance security.
An easy-to-use interactive console is available, alongside command-line parameters.
List of Features
- Change MAC addresses on Windows manually or automatically on set intervals
- Randomize MAC addresses for better security using public Wi-Fi
- Generate new MAC addresses randomly based on a customizable list of organizationally unique identifiers (OUI)
- Optionally leverage DevCon.exe to simply the process by automatically disabling and re-enabling network interface card (NIC)
- ChMac also works without DevCon by showing the Network Connections folder when finished, so that users can manually disable and re-enable NIC for new settings to take effect
- On first launch, users are guided to download DevCon with convenient automatic and manual options
- Restore original MAC address
- Rich return codes for scripting and other possibilities
- Free and open-source software written in Windows batch language
- Supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 and Server 2000/2003/2008/2012/2016/2019
- Portable by default. Optional installer enables
chmac
command globally
Getting Started
For interactive mode, simply run chmac.bat
and follow on-screen instructions.
For command-line mode, refer to the below examples.
chmac.bat [/d dir][/l][/m address][/n id][/r][/help][/?]
chmac /l :: list available adapter IDs
chmac /n 1 :: update network adapter #1 with randomized mac address numbers
chmac /m 00301812AB01 /n 2 :: update network adapter #2 with the new mac address: 00-30-18-12-AB-01
chmac /n 3 /r :: restore adapter 3 to its original MAC
chmac /n 4 /a 20m :: auto-change MAC per 20 minute
chmac /? :: shows short help. [/help] for long
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';
$packageArgs = @{
packageName = 'ChMac'
softwareName = 'ChMac*'
fileType = 'EXE'
silentArgs = "/programfiles /unattendAZ=1"
validExitCodes= @(0)
}
$uninstalled = $false
[array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey -SoftwareName $packageArgs['softwareName']
if ($key.Count -eq 1) {
$key | % {
$packageArgs['file'] = "$($_.UninstallString)".Substring(0, $_.UninstallString.IndexOf(' /'))
if ($packageArgs['fileType'] -eq 'MSI') {
$packageArgs['silentArgs'] = "$($_.PSChildName) $($packageArgs['silentArgs'])"
$packageArgs['file'] = ''
}
Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
}
} elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) {
Write-Warning "$packageName has already been uninstalled by other means."
} elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) {
Write-Warning "$($key.Count) matches found!"
Write-Warning "To prevent accidental data loss, no programs will be uninstalled."
Write-Warning "Please alert package maintainer the following keys were matched:"
$key | % {Write-Warning "- $($_.DisplayName)"}
}
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- ChMac.2.0.0.5.nupkg (b894d1a20258) - ## / 62
- ChMac-2.0.0.5_Silent_Installer.exe (b7a08a7390a8) - ## / 71
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Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
This package has no dependencies.
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