-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 03:07:11PM +0100, Dominik George wrote: > > I need to tell a network admin the hardware address of my wlan0 > > interface, so that he gives me access to the wifi network. The problem > > is that the hw address is changing everytime I use the wlan0 hardware > > switch... > > So, first of all, use this as another argument to explain to your admin > that MAC filters are not a security measure, but a PITA noone needs. > > > ether b2:ad:31:c5:86:36 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) ... > > ether c0:cb:38:4c:56:8f txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) ... > > ether aa:c3:d0:e1:43:cb txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) ... > > What strikes me as odd is that the whole address changes, so it's > probably not the firmware, as a vendor randomising the vendor part of > their hardware addresses on their own would probably not get their stuff > through FCC or whatever regulations apply. > > So, I assume it is your system either setting a random address, or > preventing the firmware from setting the real address. > > Assuming you do not have macchanger or something like that installed > (guessing you wouldn't be asking if you had taken such measures ;)), I > only know of systemd-networkd having such a feature.
Yeah, this sounds a bit like MAC address randomization, and is considered these days as a privacy feature. Just throwing the buzzword in to aid in search. Regards - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAli+w58ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kZkVACeJRb1q4QDuDHVT7nSJ0GvNfEh O6IAniUnTQekH1f11yq14JE5EhktiyQF =6Pen -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
