Change Mac address by adapter description - c++

Question

I'm using the excellent tool provided by Nate True # http://devices.natetrue.com/macshift/
It changes the Mac address by the adapter name. This is the source code:
const int versionMajor = 1;
const int versionMinor = 1;
#include <windows.h>
#include <objbase.h>
#include <netcon.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "validmacs.h"
void SetMAC(char * AdapterName, char * NewMAC) {
HKEY hListKey = NULL;
HKEY hKey = NULL;
RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Network\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}",
0, KEY_READ, &hListKey);
if (!hListKey) {
printf("Failed to open adapter list key\n");
return;
}
FILETIME writtenTime;
char keyNameBuf[512], keyNameBuf2[512];
DWORD keyNameBufSiz = 512;
DWORD crap;
int i = 0;
bool found = false;
while (RegEnumKeyEx(hListKey, i++, keyNameBuf, &keyNameBufSiz, 0, NULL, NULL, &writtenTime)
== ERROR_SUCCESS) {
_snprintf(keyNameBuf2, 512, "%s\\Connection", keyNameBuf);
hKey = NULL;
RegOpenKeyEx(hListKey, keyNameBuf2, 0, KEY_READ, &hKey);
if (hKey) {
keyNameBufSiz = 512;
if (RegQueryValueEx(hKey, "Name", 0, &crap, (LPBYTE)keyNameBuf2, &keyNameBufSiz)
== ERROR_SUCCESS && strcmp(keyNameBuf2, AdapterName) == 0) {
printf("Adapter ID is %s\n", keyNameBuf);
found = true;
break;
}
RegCloseKey(hKey);
}
keyNameBufSiz = 512;
}
RegCloseKey(hListKey);
if (!found) {
printf("Could not find adapter name '%s'.\nPlease make sure this is the name you gave it in Network Connections.\n", AdapterName);
return;
}
RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}",
0, KEY_READ, &hListKey);
if (!hListKey) {
printf("Failed to open adapter list key in Phase 2\n");
return;
}
i = 0;
char buf[512];
while (RegEnumKeyEx(hListKey, i++, keyNameBuf2, &keyNameBufSiz, 0, NULL, NULL, &writtenTime)
== ERROR_SUCCESS) {
hKey = NULL;
RegOpenKeyEx(hListKey, keyNameBuf2, 0, KEY_READ | KEY_SET_VALUE, &hKey);
if (hKey) {
keyNameBufSiz = 512;
if ((RegQueryValueEx(hKey, "NetCfgInstanceId", 0, &crap, (LPBYTE)buf, &keyNameBufSiz)
== ERROR_SUCCESS) && (strcmp(buf, keyNameBuf) == 0)) {
RegSetValueEx(hKey, "NetworkAddress", 0, REG_SZ, (LPBYTE)NewMAC, strlen(NewMAC) + 1);
//printf("Updating adapter index %s (%s=%s)\n", keyNameBuf2, buf, keyNameBuf);
//break;
}
RegCloseKey(hKey);
}
keyNameBufSiz = 512;
}
RegCloseKey(hListKey);
}
void ResetAdapter(char * AdapterName) {
struct _GUID guid = {0xBA126AD1,0x2166,0x11D1,0};
memcpy(guid.Data4, "\xB1\xD0\x00\x80\x5F\xC1\x27\x0E", 8);
unsigned short * buf = new unsigned short[strlen(AdapterName)+1];
void (__stdcall *NcFreeNetConProperties) (NETCON_PROPERTIES *);
HMODULE NetShell_Dll = LoadLibrary("Netshell.dll");
if (!NetShell_Dll) {
printf("Couldn't load Netshell.dll\n");
return;
}
NcFreeNetConProperties = (void (__stdcall *)(struct tagNETCON_PROPERTIES *))GetProcAddress(NetShell_Dll, "NcFreeNetconProperties");
if (!NcFreeNetConProperties) {
printf("Couldn't load required DLL function\n");
return;
}
for (unsigned int i = 0; i <= strlen(AdapterName); i++) {
buf[i] = AdapterName[i];
}
CoInitialize(0);
INetConnectionManager * pNCM = NULL;
HRESULT hr = ::CoCreateInstance(guid,
NULL,
CLSCTX_ALL,
__uuidof(INetConnectionManager),
(void**)&pNCM);
if (!pNCM)
printf("Failed to instantiate required object\n");
else {
IEnumNetConnection * pENC;
pNCM->EnumConnections(NCME_DEFAULT, &pENC);
if (!pENC) {
printf("Could not enumerate Network Connections\n");
}
else {
INetConnection * pNC;
ULONG fetched;
NETCON_PROPERTIES * pNCP;
do {
pENC->Next(1, &pNC, &fetched);
if (fetched && pNC) {
pNC->GetProperties(&pNCP);
if (pNCP) {
if (wcscmp(pNCP->pszwName, buf) == 0) {
pNC->Disconnect();
pNC->Connect();
}
NcFreeNetConProperties(pNCP);
}
}
} while (fetched);
pENC->Release();
}
pNCM->Release();
}
FreeLibrary(NetShell_Dll);
CoUninitialize ();
}
bool IsValidMAC(char * str) {
if (strlen(str) != 12) return false;
for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
if ((str[i] < '0' || str[i] > '9')
&& (str[i] < 'a' || str[i] > 'f')
&& (str[i] < 'A' || str[i] > 'F')) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
void ShowHelp() {
printf("Usage: macshift [options] [mac-address]\n\n");
printf("Options:\n");
printf("\t-i [adapter-name] The adapter name from Network Connections.\n");
printf("\t-r Uses a random MAC address. This is the default.\n");
printf("\t-d Restores the original MAC address.\n");
printf("\t--help Shows this screen.\n\n");
printf("Macshift uses special undocumented functions in the Windows COM Interface that\n");
printf(" allow you to change an adapter's MAC address without needing to restart.\n");
printf("When you change a MAC address, all your connections are closed automatically\n");
printf(" and your adapter is reset.\n");
}
//Generates a random MAC that is actually plausible
void RandomizeMAC(char * newmac) {
_snprintf(newmac, 6, "%06X", rand() % numMacs);
for (int i = 3; i < 6; i++) {
_snprintf(&newmac[i*2], 2, "%02X", rand() & 0xFF);
}
newmac[12] = 0;
}
int main(int argc, char * * argv) {
printf("Macshift v%i.%i, MAC Changing Utility by Nathan True, macshift#natetrue.com\n\n", versionMajor, versionMinor);
//Parse commandline arguments
char * adapter = "Wireless";
char newmac[13];
int i;
if (argc == 1) {
ShowHelp();
return 0;
}
//Start out with a random MAC
srand(GetTickCount());
RandomizeMAC(newmac);
for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
if (argv[i][0] == '-') {
switch (argv[i][1]) {
case '-': //Extended argument
if (strcmp(argv[i]+2, "help") == 0) {
ShowHelp();
return 0;
}
break;
case 'r': //Random setting, this is the default
break;
case 'i': //Adapter name follows
if (argc > i + 1) adapter = argv[++i];
break;
case 'd': //Reset the MAC address
newmac[0] = 0;
}
}
else {
if (IsValidMAC(argv[i])) strncpy(newmac, argv[i], 13);
else printf("MAC String %s is not valid. MAC addresses must m/^[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$/.\n", argv[i]);
}
}
printf("Setting MAC on adapter '%s' to %s...\n", adapter, newmac[0] ? newmac : "original MAC");
SetMAC(adapter, newmac);
printf("Resetting adapter...\n");
fflush(stdout);
ResetAdapter(adapter);
printf("Done\n");
return 0;
}
I would like to change the Mac address by the description of an adapter, in addition to the name. So I need to modify this code so that if a matching name is not found, it falls back to changing the mac based on the description.
This is an example adapter:
name: Local Area Connection
description: Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Unfortunately, being a Java developer I have limited experience with C++, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Here's a C sample of GetAdaptersInfo, it prints out each adapters name and description (you can easily adapt it for your code by calling SetMAC on a match):
VOID EnumerateNetworkAdapters(VOID)
{
ULONG len = 0;
if (ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW == GetAdaptersInfo(NULL, &len))
{
IP_ADAPTER_INFO *ipai;
ipai = malloc(len);
if (NO_ERROR == GetAdaptersInfo(ipai, &len))
{
IP_ADAPTER_INFO *p = ipai;
do
{
printf("name=%s description=%s\n", p->AdapterName, p->Description);
}
while (p = p->Next);
}
free(ipai);
}
}
Link against "Iphlpapi.lib".

Answer 2

Use GetAdaptersAddresses to get the adapter name(PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES::FriendlyName) by comparing the description(PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES::Description) before the call to SetMAC(). Example can be found in above MSDN link.