Do you have an equivalent of an 
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-wlan0 that has a line that specifies
HWADDR=something?

Ehud

Dad wrote:
> I have been trying to use my broadcom 4318. The B43 software finds the 
> card I am using but the MAC address is not correct. I am using Ubuntu 
> 7.10 using the 2.6.22-14 kernel and the compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz  
> wireless distribution, with the broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5 firmware. The 
> true MAC address of the card is 00:0B:6B:1D:27:AD and the MAC address 
> reported by ifconfig varies each time I try to initialize it. I hope 
> someone can help me solve my problem.
>
>  Here is the ifconfig:
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0E:C0:DB:7D:DC:10
>           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> The kern.log entries are (I built b43 with debug):
> Mar  9 12:08:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 2776.884000] pccard: PCMCIA card 
> inserted into slot 0
> Mar  9 12:08:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 2776.884000] pcmcia: registering new 
> device pcmcia0.0
> Mar  9 12:08:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 2776.924000] b43-phy3: Broadcom 4318 
> WLAN found
> Mar  9 12:08:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 2776.972000] phy3: Selected rate 
> control algorithm 'pid'
> Mar  9 12:08:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 2776.972000] ssb: Sonics Silicon 
> Backplane found on PCMCIA device pcmcia0.0
> Mar  9 12:08:23 ubuntu kernel: [ 2777.328000] b43-phy3: Loading firmware 
> version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
> Mar  9 12:08:24 ubuntu kernel: [ 2778.700000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): 
> wlan0: link is not ready
>
> Here is what lshw sees for the network:
>   *-network
>        description: 802.11g SC CF
>        vendor: Broadcom
>        physical id: 0
>        version: 4.0
>        slot: Socket 0
>        resources: irq:3
>   *-network
>        description: Ethernet interface
>        product: 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VM (KM) Ethernet Controller
>        vendor: Intel Corporation
>        physical id: 8
>        bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:02:08.0
>        logical name: eth0
>        version: 42
>        serial: 00:08:02:93:eb:7a
>        size: 10MB/s
>        capacity: 100MB/s
>        width: 32 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 
> 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
>        configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 
> driverversion=3.5.17-k4-NAPI duplex=half firmware=N/A latency=66 link=no 
> maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 module=e100 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
>   *-network
>        description: Wireless interface
>        physical id: 2
>        logical name: wlan0
>        serial: 0e:c0:db:7d:dc:10
>        capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
>        configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
>
> Thanks for all your help
> Tex
>
>
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