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Bug#893283: firmware-ipw2x00: ipw2x00 firmware: MAC changes everytime WIFI reconnect

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  Bug#893283: firmware-ipw2x00: ipw2x00 firmware: MAC changes everytime WIFI reconnect "Francisco J. Blanco" <fjblanco@ucm.es> - 2018-03-17 19:20 +0100
    Processed: Re: firmware-ipw2x00: ipw2x00 firmware: MAC changes  everytime WIFI reconnect "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2018-07-27 15:30 +0200
    Bug#893283: firmware-ipw2x00: ipw2x00 firmware: MAC changes everytime WIFI reconnect Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-07-27 15:30 +0200
    Bug#893283: marked as done (firmware-ipw2x00: ipw2x00 firmware:  MAC changes everytime WIFI reconnect) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2021-01-22 18:10 +0100

#60493 — Bug#893283: firmware-ipw2x00: ipw2x00 firmware: MAC changes everytime WIFI reconnect

Package: firmware-ipw2x00
Version: 20170823-1
Severity: normal

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages firmware-ipw2x00 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.66

firmware-ipw2x00 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages firmware-ipw2x00 suggests:
ii  initramfs-tools  0.130

-- debconf information:
* firmware-ipw2x00/license/accepted: true
  firmware-ipw2x00/license/error:

Hi,

I've installed Debian 'Stretch' on my Acer Aspire 1690 laptop. For use wireless, I had to add 'nonfree' in apt sources and install 'firmware-ipw2x00'.

Everything worked fine, but I discovered that on every boot or everytime WiFi reconnect, MAC had changed.

In dmesg I find:

[   16.812290] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[   16.812294] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[   16.812735] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[   16.983621] ipw2200: 0000:06:03.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ipw2200-bss.fw
[   17.122875] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)

And, randomly, so many:

ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
...

I've update to Debian 'Buster', but 'MAC changes' continue.

Regards.

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#61650 — Processed: Re: firmware-ipw2x00: ipw2x00 firmware: MAC changes everytime WIFI reconnect

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Bug #893283 [firmware-ipw2x00] firmware-ipw2x00: ipw2x00 firmware: MAC changes everytime WIFI reconnect
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:12:54 +0100
"Francisco J. Blanco" <fjblanco@ucm.es> wrote:
[...] 
> I've installed Debian 'Stretch' on my Acer Aspire 1690 laptop. For
> use wireless, I had to add 'nonfree' in apt sources and install
> 'firmware-ipw2x00'.
> 
> Everything worked fine, but I discovered that on every boot or
> everytime WiFi reconnect, MAC had changed.

Does the MAC address used when connected to wifi networks change?
Or are changing MAC addresses only used when disconnected and scanning?

It is recommended to use a random MAC address when scanning, for
privacy reasons.  Network Manager does this by default; other network
configuration software may do so as well.

Ben.

> In dmesg I find:
> 
> [   16.812290] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
> [   16.812294] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> [   16.812735] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
> [   16.983621] ipw2200: 0000:06:03.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ipw2200-bss.fw
> [   17.122875] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
> 
> And, randomly, so many:
> 
> ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
> ...
> 
-- 
Ben Hutchings
Power corrupts.  Absolute power is kind of neat. - John Lehman

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#69275 — Bug#893283: marked as done (firmware-ipw2x00: ipw2x00 firmware: MAC changes everytime WIFI reconnect)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #893283,
regarding firmware-ipw2x00: ipw2x00 firmware: MAC changes everytime WIFI reconnect
to be marked as done.

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