| Summary: | F40+ automatically randomizes wifi MAC addresses these should be shown in the Cloned MAC address field | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] systemsettings | Reporter: | jeremy.linton |
| Component: | kcm_networkmanagement | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null> |
| Status: | REPORTED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | jgrulich, pointa2 |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 6.2.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Fedora RPMs | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
SUMMARY F40+ enabled MAC address randomization by default. This can be seen with 'ip addr' 2: wlp0s20f3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY (where i've replaced identifying info with XX and YY) The system settings "Wifi & Networking" panel has had the ability to show/override the MAC address with the "Cloned MAC address:" & "Randomize" button. But its not souring that info and prepopulating the field as one would expect when the system picks an address. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install F41 2. Connect to a wifi network 3. open a terminal `ip addr` 4. See above output 5. Open system settings from network conneciton list/etc and look at connected Wifi Network -> Wi-Fi option 6. Note that it has "_:_:_:_:_:_" rather than the link/ether OBSERVED RESULT EXPECTED RESULT SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: (available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window) Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION