Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:12:54 +0100 "Francisco J. Blanco" <fjblanco@ucm.es> wrote: [...] > I've installed Debian 'Stretch' on my Acer Aspire 1690 laptop. For > use wireless, I had to add 'nonfree' in apt sources and install > 'firmware-ipw2x00'. > > Everything worked fine, but I discovered that on every boot or > everytime WiFi reconnect, MAC had changed. Does the MAC address used when connected to wifi networks change? Or are changing MAC addresses only used when disconnected and scanning? It is recommended to use a random MAC address when scanning, for privacy reasons. Network Manager does this by default; other network configuration software may do so as well. Ben. > In dmesg I find: > > [ 16.812290] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq > [ 16.812294] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation > [ 16.812735] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection > [ 16.983621] ipw2200: 0000:06:03.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ipw2200-bss.fw > [ 17.122875] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels) > > And, randomly, so many: > > ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting. > ... > -- Ben Hutchings Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. - John Lehman
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