Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 07:07:21 -0700 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: rank1seeker@gmail.com Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: net rc.conf bug? Message-ID: <20150508140721.GD1158@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <20150508154120.0000327e@gmail.com> References: <20150319230613.000074b1@gmail.com> <550B4A9D.1080602@freebsd.org> <20150320012041.00006251@gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ43Rm38L9nqpvcDcVhucU6ArsYL4UMFz0qVmy31ed%2B3ng@mail.gmail.com> <20150508154120.0000327e@gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 03:41:20PM +0200, rank1seeker@gmail.com wrote:
> And now watch this when it comes down to WiFi NICs!
> If during cloning of device, you set non-default ether (MAC) adress,
> i.e;
> ----
> ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 ether $ether_here
> ----
> BOOM! You'we just rendered WiFi NIC unusable, that is, it will never be
> able to associate. Tried station and AP modes, with urtw and ath
> drivers.
Why would you try to set the MAC address of a cloned interface, rather
than that of the real interface (before cloning)?
> I believe it affects ALL WiFi NICs.
Ref.:
g1-254(10.1-S)[7] egrep 'ifconfig|wlan|lagg' /etc/rc.conf | grep -v '^#'
ifconfig_em0=3D"up"
ifconfig_iwn0=3D"ether 34:e6:d7:3c:4a:93"
wlans_iwn0=3Dwlan0
ifconfig_wlan0=3D"WPA"
cloned_interfaces=3D"lagg0"
ifconfig_lagg0=3D"laggproto failover laggport em0 laggport wlan0 DHCP"
g1-254(10.1-S)[8] ifconfig iwn0
iwn0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
ether 34:e6:d7:3c:4a:93
nd6 options=3D21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng
status: associated
g1-254(10.1-S)[9]=20
Peace,
david
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David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org
Those who murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous cowards.
See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.
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