I run the command "ifconifg | grep ether" in Kali and got 3 diff MAC's

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I run the command "ifconifg | grep ether" in Kali and got 3 diff MAC's

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Hello,
I was trying to see my MAC address and when i run the command I got 3 different MAC's addresses.

$ ifconfig | grep ether
ether -MAC- txqueuelen 0 (Ethernet)
ether -MAC- txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
ether -MAC- txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)


Why is this happening?
I delete de MAC int copy/paste for sec.

Thanks and excuse my english.
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You likely have multiple virtual ethernet adapters/IPs configured for the same interface. If you just try "ifconfig" you may be able to tell which one you're actually using by the number of TX/RX packets, IP address, etc.

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Yes it helped!! Thx u so much!!
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No problem, glad it worked :)
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