Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH] ath5k: set mac address in add_interface

[Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>]

Bob Copeland wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Bob Copeland wrote:
>>> Hi Maxim,
>>>
>>> Please try this patch.  I didn't have a problem changing the mac address
>>> after it was set to something else.  I did kick it to re-associate with
>>> the AP, though.
>>>
>> Tested it, this still doesn't work:
>>
>> iwconfig wlan0 down
>> macchanger wlan0
>> iwconfig wlan0 up
> 
> Wait, don't you want to do ifconfig here?  Or was that just a typo?
> 
> I did exactly that (ifconfig down/macchanger/ifconfig up) and it
> worked here.  In particular if you have mac80211 debugging on it should
> show the mac address changing.  In my case, it didn't matter whether
> I'd previously associated or not.  I did have to tell NetworkManager
> to re-associate though.
> 

Yep, I intended to use ifconfig.

First change after module reload works, second doesn't.

I double check that I use right kernel (install it again).

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky