Re: [gentoo-user] Fake MAC Address Bungling Wireless

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Sunday 15 February 2009, daid kahl wrote:

> what kind of IP I had.  In any case, I tried installing dhcpcd with the
> -zeroconf useflag, and I was still getting this sort of IP, so I don't
> think it's quite as simple as that.  

Run dhcpcd -k to flush out any previous IP addresses.

> This then relates to my earlier query 
> of how one resets a IP v4 LL address.  Or perhaps changing the MAC address
> *does* reset the IP v4 LL address, but then the question becomes, how can
> you get back the behavior of letting the network give you an address, which
> is removed or altered by a change of MAC.

Run dhcpcd -T to see what the dhcp server or your router returns - or if it 
times out.

Symptoms like this are often related to buggy wireless NIC drivers, or a weak 
signal between PC and router.
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Regards,
Mick

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