[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#833507: Bug#833507: wpasupplicant: workaround wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

[Noël Köthe]

Hello Andrew,

Am Dienstag, den 05.12.2017, 08:57 +0100 schrieb Andrew Shadura:

> > I remember a workaround for this problem from the past to add
> > into /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf the following:
> > 
> > [device]
> > wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no
> > 
> > which fixed it again for me.

> Just to be sure, are you absolutely sure it doesn't work with the
> latest wpasupplicant without the NM snippet? 

Yes. Wifi worked until Tue or Wed last week and with my daily sid
update I didn't get it working again. Module unloading and loading or
network-manager restarts or complete reboots didn't helped.
Until yesterday when I added the NM lines again.

> I have put a similar one
> into the wpasupplicant package, but a driver-specific one.

OK.

> Could you please let me know what driver are you using?

wl module/driver with the broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-7

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless
Network Adapter (rev 03) on a MacBook Pro
03:00.0 0280: 14e4:43a0 (rev 03)

> You should be able to find out by running:
> 
> nmcli -f GENERAL.DRIVER,GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION device show

# nmcli -f GENERAL.DRIVER,GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION device show
GENERAL.DRIVER:                         tg3
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION:                 3.137

GENERAL.DRIVER:                         wl
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION:                 6.30.223.271 (r587334)

GENERAL.DRIVER:                         bridge
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION:                 2.3

GENERAL.DRIVER:                         unknown
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION:                 --

GENERAL.DRIVER:                         tun
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION:                 1.6

> Please bear in mind the file I'm shipping doesn't work with old NM,
> what version are you using?

network-manager 1.10.0-1

It is a sid system with no package on hold.

If I can help you with more information just tell me.

Regards

	Noël
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