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I have just installed Ubuntu 9.10 and have a Edimax EW-7128G wireless
PCI adapter
The MAC address and device name change between reboots, e.g.:
wlan0 00:1f:1f:51:7a:56
wlan1 00:1f:1f:53:7a:56
wlan2 00:1f:1f:43:7a:56
The MAC address
Hi,
Yes, it is still an issue (though I have been using the workaround I
describe above, so it hasn't been bothering me). I will try to get the
latest development release installed to see if it is still an issue; but
my time to meddle with such things is limited at the moment, so it might
take
** Tags removed: needs-kernel-logs
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Confirmed
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
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Wireless PCI device MAC address changes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478297
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Hi Aleem,
This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it
recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the
latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .
If it remains
Whilst you ponder this, I have found a workaround:
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grab the WIreless PCI card device and vendor IDs using lspci -nn
add a rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules that reads:
SUBSYSTEM==net, DRIVERS==?*, ATTRS{vendor}==0x[vendor_id],
This additional info may be useful. Running dmesg I see:
udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan2
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Wireless PCI device MAC address changes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478297
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