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I use this to make MACs for my VMs and virtual NICs. The 00:16:3E prefix means it’s Xen virtualization, so change this part as needed.
#!/usr/bin/python# macgen.py script to generate a MAC address for guests on Xenimport random
defrandomMAC():
mac = [ 0x00, 0x16, 0x3e,
random.randint(0x00, 0x7f),
random.randint(0x00, 0xff),
random.randint(0x00, 0xff) ]
return':'.join(map(lambda x: "%02x" % x, mac))
print (randomMAC())
I use this to make MACs for my VMs and virtual NICs. The
00:16:3E
prefix means it’s Xen virtualization, so change this part as needed.#!/usr/bin/python # macgen.py script to generate a MAC address for guests on Xen import random def randomMAC(): mac = [ 0x00, 0x16, 0x3e, random.randint(0x00, 0x7f), random.randint(0x00, 0xff), random.randint(0x00, 0xff) ] return ':'.join(map(lambda x: "%02x" % x, mac)) print (randomMAC())
Use
$ macgen.py 00:16:3e:17:ed:b1