2009/2/15 daid kahl <daid...@gmail.com> > )On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 20:05 +0900, daid kahl wrote: >> > 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 >> >> >> Well, no obvious solutions after 7 hours of actively trying things, so I'll restore from backup.
For those interested, I deleted files from /var/lib/dhcpbd, and this allowed me to get new IP addresses, but all within the faulty subdomain of California. I tried on another wireless networks, and still my machine tries to assign me an IP within the California domain. I reinstalled my entire networking software (short of a kernel recompile), and deleted and remade any network configuration files I could find that might be relevant, and still the problem persisted. I used wicd to assign myself static IP and DNS with known values that are functional, and then the network was recognized, but I could not access anything. I have a backup of the current system, so if anyone is really really interested in this subject, I could restore and toy around some more. But I have to recommend against using macchanger without a very recent backup of your system. I'd file a bug report, but what would I say? I don't know what file was actually being affected, so I can't offer any useful insight. ~daid
