I will have to make the switch to BackTrack, I can either be able to spoof the mac but if I look at my wireless network connections it tells me that the device is disconnected. If the device says it is connected I am not able to spoof the mac. Its not the end of the world that I cant have both at the sames, it is just rather unfortunate! Thank you everyone for the help and the tips for backtrack!

Thank you i will definitely try that. I have aircrack suite already installed and I had gotten backtrack but I havent found the time to play around with it yet. I am assuming I will have to compile the drivers for my Alfa on the backtrack like i had to do on the ubuntu?

It is the ifup script that changes it back to the original mac address. Unfortunately my box doesnt have a switch... Do you have any ideas to why the ifup changes the mac back? Or could i have screwed up installing the box? I guess i am trying to learn linux so any ideas or knowledge anyone can throw my way I would be very grateful. Thank you

Or would anyone have an idea to why it will not hold the spoofed address? I am new to linux and am trying to learn so any advice or ideas would be greatly appreciated

I am using Linux Ubuntu 10.04 and I have finally got the device installed, but my only problem is that I cant get the mac to change, it will tell me that I have the mac spoofed, but as soon as I bring it back up it assumes the orgional mac address. Can anyone help me with this problem?

Thank you