Bug 448052

Summary:	Details window seems to show (own) "permanent" mac but should show own "used" mac address (or more relevant mac address like bssid)
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	yadtxizh
Component:	Networks widget	Assignee:	Jan Grulich <jgrulich>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdedev
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description yadtxizh 2022-01-07 10:44:54 UTC

SUMMARY
Even so using a cloned mac address for a connection details dialog shows device mac address (ethtool -P) rather than currently used mac address. This seems wrong to me.

It might even be better to show (only or in addition) bssid (see bug 357354) for wifi connections.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set up a (wifi) connection with cloned mac address
2. Connect using this connection
3. Check details and compare to ifconfig information

OBSERVED RESULT
Mac addresses differ: nm-plasma seems to display "wrong" mac address

EXPECTED RESULT
Mac addresses are identical, nm-plasma uses actual used mac address

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux / OpenSuSE 15.3

KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.6
nm-plasma Version 5.18.5-bp153.2.2.1

KDE Frameworks Version: 5:76.0
Qt Version: 5.12.7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Ben Cooksley 2024-12-23 18:25:50 UTC

Bulk transfer as requested in T17796

Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-08-28 20:54:44 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. I'm sorry we weren't able to get to this yet. There have been many fixes and improvements since this was reported, and this issue may have been corrected.

Can you please re-test on your system with Plasma 6.4.4 or later and let us know if you can still reproduce the problem? If you can, please set this report back to REPORTED. Thanks!

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-12 03:48:10 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-27 03:46:32 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.