[Madwifi-users] changing the mac problem issue 173

[Jeff S. <jef...@ya...>]

Is this only the D-Link cards  that have this issue?

I haven't been able to try a different mac with it in
AP mode
but in station mode I definitely cannot transmit out
with a different mac address. Here is a test created
by the person that brought up the issue.

wlanconfig ath1 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
iwconfig ath1 essid ESSID (actual AP ESSID here)
iwconfig ath1 key 999999999 (actual key here)
ifconfig ath1 192.168.1.50 up (actual ip on your
network not the router)
ping 192.168.1.254 (routers ip)

(it should work OK)

ifconfig ath1 down
ifconfig ath1 hw ether 44:44:44:44:44:44 (different
address)
ifconfig ath1 up

ping 192.168.1.254 (router ip)

(if it works properly it should ping still but because
I can not ping I think there is a problem)

ifconfig ath1 down
ifconfig ath1 hw ethere FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (original
card mac here)
ifconfig ath1 up

ping 192.168.1.254 (router ip)

(it should work again)


Or maybe try this by creating an ap with a different
mac address and try connecting to it.

I would like to know if this is a D-Link specific
problem or does it effect
more people.

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