#173: when changing mac of dwl-g520, interface no longer receives packets
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Reporter: BlackestOfBlack | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: minor | Milestone: version 1.0.0 - first stable
release
Component: madwifi: driver | Version: trunk
Resolution: fixed | Keywords: mac address change trunk
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Comment (by entity):
Thanks for mentioning udev, I wouldn't have known that it was responsible
for ath1 being created.
I've found the rule that causes it I believe in /etc/udev/rules.d/25-
iftab.rules . [[BR]]
{{{
# This file causes network devices to be assigned consistent names.
# See udev(8) for syntax.
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVER=="?*", \
PROGRAM="iftab_helper %k", NAME="$result"
}}}
[[BR]]
I can see that in my /etc/iftab, ath0 is tied to it's default mac address
with an entry like: [[BR]]
{{{
ath0 mac DE:FA:UL:TM:AC:00 arp 1
}}}
I can see in udevmonitor that when I run the command with ath0 having the
default mac address, ath0 is created, but with a different mac, a device
ath0 is detected but udev creates ath1 instead.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/173>
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