NAME

randmac - generate random MAC addresses

SYNOPSIS

randmac [options]

randmac prints a random MAC address. This utility has been designed to give random MAC addresses to interfaces of virtual machines.

-l, --local: Generate a local administered MAC.
-g, --global: Generate a global unique MAC.
-u, --unicast: Generate a MAC for unicast.
-m, --multicast: Generate a MAC for multicast.
-U, --uppercase: Print uppercase hex digits.
-e, --eui64: Generate an EUI64 address.
-o oui_addr, --oui oui_addr: Set the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI).
-v vendor, --vendor vendor: Set the OUI of a specific vendor.
-q, --qemu: Set the standard OUI of qemu/kvm.
-x, --xen: Set the standard OUI of xen.
-h, --help: Display a short help message and exit.

Start a kvm VM using a random generated MAC address (while preserving the standard qemu´s OUI)

$ qemu-system-x86_64 -accel kvm ... \


    -device e1000,netdev=vde0,mac=`randmac -q` \


    -netdev vde,id=vde0,sock=vde://

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July 2020

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