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Re: [103attendees] can't get an IP address? change MAC address

Jim Martin <jim@daedelus.com> Wed, 07 November 2018 10:12 UTC

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From: Jim Martin <jim@daedelus.com>
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 17:12:13 +0700
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To: Frode Kileng <frodek@tele.no>
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Subject: Re: [103attendees] can't get an IP address? change MAC address
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Frode et al,
	We’re looking into this issue, and it’s being tracked in ticket 1251 (https://tickets.meeting.ietf.org/ticket/1251 <https://tickets.meeting.ietf.org/ticket/1251>). Any details you can provide (by updating the ticket) are appreciated!

	-Jim


> On Nov 7, 2018, at 3:03 PM, Frode Kileng <frodek@tele.no> wrote:
> 
> On 07/11/2018 08:41, Giovane Moura wrote:
>> Folks,
>> 
>> I've noticed that often my interface is able to associate to an AP, but
>> in some rooms it does not get an IP address.
>> 
>> Changing the MAC address did the trick for me (Debian).
>> 
>> # ifconfig  wlan0 hw ether MAC:ADDRESS:HERE
>> 
>> It may help some folks here.
>> 
>> /giovane
> 
> The problem I've seen here and at previous IETF's using Debian is that wpa_supplicant have problems with so many APs. Refreshing the network list a few times always solves the problems for me. I run macchanger and constantly changes the MAC address so I do think the problem is not related to the MAC address.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Frode Kileng
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