From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LYIKr-0004Or-H1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:05:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C82AE03B8; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f20.google.com (mail-fx0-f20.google.com [209.85.220.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21182E03B8 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm13 with SMTP id 13so4479856fxm.10 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:05:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=nN74QGdC/GrZZTtnRzyEsvPalL0thE9OKVVRdXTs6gs=; b=KPMKu+cJ3Q9IFek8hRuMKZUxDoVILuIcQh6anXUJBOw+y6Rl3emIJVAZy52lfRVzi/ qI1ThqewKPL37UjJL/FgYCEBDay6WYzzulNO2+9eAnvqa7Qw+UE9b8C+B/LUsE6EckF9 I1UhvTxVpPL021xTaT2ssh0lFzhtpnsw5KFqE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=u1I3iyvxuGS3jpt/1bxXPntYJZCBmL/fkC9trbuG9Pq4SaH1s+Ha+iolrPg6qZQAtf u3ADM2VCM5cXDgbOFOftbW4MyapsSdXqMdpCv3g7xR6/stSqXE+/gn6SHdh5OYpS5hAS B89Wz3tfpIoCVh5GpoJYSrr9O3ZoPG16JaSWA= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.250.1 with SMTP id c1mr100171mus.64.1234609522496; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:05:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:05:22 +0900 Message-ID: <3ac129340902140305u5da7615asf2c4c7a3b329a48f@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [gentoo-user] Fake MAC Address Bungling Wireless From: daid kahl To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001636765bca0653e20462deeebe X-Archives-Salt: d0ab2213-6517-48f9-b66f-771736771dbc X-Archives-Hash: aa353efdeebfd7112466144cc9ab333f --001636765bca0653e20462deeebe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was bored and playing around with macchanger to change my Wireless MAC address, and wireless has not worked since, even though I'm using my hardware MAC address again. I'm usually using NetworkManager, but I also installed Wicd to see if I could avoid the problem that way. The problem seems to lie in the WEP password authentication to the local network. NetworkManager just kept asking for the password over and over again, never connecting. Wicd will claim to connect and issue an IP address, but the wireless does not function. In fact, if I give Wicd a faulty WEP password, it still claims to connect and to issue me an IP address, and it's always the same IP address, even after a reboot. Trying NetworkManager again, now it either fails to connect, just kees trying for a very long time with no results, or nm-applet crashes and I have to restart the NM daemon. I know there are no strange network problems (or blocks on my MAC address, for example) because I can connect with other operating systems just fine, which, incidentally, is not using the same wireless IP address. I'd provide more technical information, but I'm not sure what things are useful. I checked lshal and confirmed my hardware MAC is correct. Any ideas of how to reset the wireless settings or resume the connection would be very helpful. ~daid --001636765bca0653e20462deeebe Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was bored and playing around with macchanger to change my Wireless MAC ad= dress, and wireless has not worked since, even though I'm using my hard= ware MAC address again.  I'm usually using NetworkManager, but I a= lso installed Wicd to see if I could avoid the problem that way.  The = problem seems to lie in the WEP password authentication to the local networ= k.

NetworkManager just kept asking for the password over and over again, n= ever connecting.  Wicd will claim to connect and issue an IP address, = but the wireless does not function.  In fact, if I give Wicd a faulty = WEP password, it still claims to connect and to issue me an IP address, and= it's always the same IP address, even after a reboot.  Trying Net= workManager again, now it either fails to connect, just kees trying for a v= ery long time with no results, or nm-applet crashes and I have to restart t= he NM daemon.

I know there are no strange network problems (or blocks on my MAC addre= ss, for example) because I can connect with other operating systems just fi= ne, which, incidentally, is not using the same wireless IP address.

I'd provide more technical information, but I'm not sure what t= hings are useful.  I checked lshal and confirmed my hardware MAC is co= rrect.

Any ideas of how to reset the wireless settings or resume the= connection would be very helpful.

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