[SOLVED] Network Manager does not randomize WLAN MAC when scanning

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[SOLVED] Network Manager does not randomize WLAN MAC when scanning

Post by krow7 »

Hi everyone,

Trying to find the cause, why Network Managers (NM) WLAN MAC randomization does not work in Mint.
From this article by the developer of NM - https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2016/0 ... -networks/ it should have been available since the version 1.2 + wpasupplicant 2.4 which are installed in Mint 18.1 x64.

Can some suggest what is causing this?

Any help on this topic would be much appreciated!
Thanks.
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Re: Network Manager does not randomize WLAN MAC when scanning

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Just an update. Version 1.2.6 is out. And this is still not working.

Any ideas at all, would be really helpful. :)
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Re: Network Manager does not randomize WLAN MAC when scanning

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I think the wpasupplicant version to make it work changed https://blogs.gnome.org/thaller/2016/08 ... ger-1-4-0/
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Re: Network Manager does not randomize WLAN MAC when scanning

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JeremyB wrote:I think the wpasupplicant version to make it work changed https://blogs.gnome.org/thaller/2016/08 ... ger-1-4-0/
Many thanks Jeremy!!
You have cured the itch in my head of not knowing what was causing this! :D
(Also completely missed that as I did read that article, although sometime ago.)

Appreciated! :)

Edit: For anyone interested, the version of supplicant required is 2.6. Current Ubuntu version is 2.4.
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