wlanconfig's bug?

[ctake3]

Nice to meet you.

To our regret, I am not good at English.
There might be an incomprehensible expression because it is the one depending on the translation machine.


It is IBM Thinkpad X31(2672-58J), and NETGEAR WPN511 though my environment.
BT3 is moved as USB boot(CD & USB ver).

For instance, it is assumed, the MAC address of ath0 is "00:11:22:33:44:55".


# wlanconfig ath0 destroy
# wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0
# ifconfig ath0 up


Then, the MAC address of ath0 takes the shape and the figure of "06:11:22:33:44:55"
and the 2nd digit takes the shape of "6".
It is "00:11:22:33:44:55" for wifi0.

The second digit similarly becomes "6" even if it changes it with
macchanger.
Is this a bug?

It is no problem in BT2Final.

Moreover, is this a known problem?
Or, is it only my environment?

[Dr_GrEeN]

This is down to the atheros drivers ;) Nothing to worry about. If you need to clone a mac I suggest you kill ath0 before creating a new sudo adapter.

[merlin051]

kill ath0 then use macchanger on wifi0 to set the mac, then use airmon-ng to create ath0 in monitor mode, or use # wlanconfig ath0 destroy
# wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0
# ifconfig ath0 up to create in managed mode.

[ctake3]

Thanx.

How to kill ath0 ?

It tried by the following methods.
Vender ID of NETGEAR is "00:1B:2F:XX:XX:XX"
The screen shot was taken because it was not good at English.

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Please URL cannot be pasted for the beginner and add h to above-mentioned URL.


Why do it become "06:1B:2F:XX:XX:XX"?

Is there a solved idea?