====== Generating a random MAC address ====== ===== On Linux ===== echo $FQDN$RANDOM|md5sum|sed 's/^\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)\(..\).*$/02:\1:\2:\3:\4:\5/' ===== References ===== * https://serverfault.com/questions/299556/how-to-generate-a-random-mac-address-from-the-linux-command-line