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raring. The bug task representing the raring nomination is being closed
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Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1192737
Title:
rt2800pci fails to set mac address unless it is within 3 bits of the
original
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in “linux” source package in Raring:
Won't Fix
Bug description:
The rt2800pci driver seems to be preventing me from assigning a MAC
address to my netbook's Ralink RT2860 device. Both the macchanger
utility and Network Manager's "Cloned MAC address" feature fail unless
my desired MAC address is almost the same as the hardware MAC address.
The only addresses that I have found to work are those that differ
only in the 3 least significant bits. For example, supposing my
hardware MAC address was 55:44:33:22:11:01, I am able to set a new
address of 55:44:33:22:11:00 or 55:44:33:22:11:07 and every address
between those two, but not 55:44:33:22:11:08 or anything higher, and
not 55:44:33:22:10:ff or anything lower.
Network Manager does not notify the user of the failure, but records
it in syslog as "failed to set MAC address". The macchanger utility
reports it as an "Invalid argument" error.
This is a 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 (raring) system running the 3.8.0-25-generic
kernel.
Hardware is an ASUS Eee PC 1000HE, which apparently has a Ralink RT2860
wireless chipset.
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