[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#879484: Network-Manager should Default to Non-Random MAC Address on WiFi

[Alkis Georgopoulos]

On 3/24/20 8:07 AM, Michael Biebl wrote:
> 
> I'd prefer a separate, new bug report against wpasupplicant.
> The original bug report is about disabling mac randomization, so afaics
> a different issue from yours.
> 


My problem was exactly the one described here.
With MAC randomization enabled, network manager kept asking for a password.
The workaround mentioned here (disabling MAC randomization) did work 
around the problem. But it's just an unsafe workaround, not a solution.

Then I reported the issue to Realtek, and they pinpointed the underlying 
bug in wpasupplicant.
After applying their patch in wpasupplicant, there's no need to disable 
MAC randomization in network-manager anymore.

I can file a separate issue, but it will have pretty much the same 
description, that "when MAC randomization is enabled, network-manager 
keeps asking for a password"...

Maybe we can just put "wpasupplicant" in the "affects" list, and when 
someone else here confirms what I say, we can then remove 
"network-manager"? Unfortunately I'm not familiar with debian bug tags 
though... :/

Btw, another workaround than disabling MAC randomization, is to pass 
ifnames=0 in the kernel cmdline, as this then causes USB wifi adapters 
to have smaller interface names (wlan0) that do not trigger the 
wpasupplicant bug.