Can't connect to WIFI when cloning my MAC address - Cinnamon

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Can't connect to WIFI when cloning my MAC address - Cinnamon

Post by Luwu »

Hey guys.
Using Cinnamon 17, I'm not able to connect to a WIFI using a cloned MAC address.
I tried with 2 different access points, with the internal WIFI and with an external WIFI.

After cloning to a valid MAC address (took from a list of addresses assigned to vendors), I time out when trying to connnect.

This happens if setting the MAC address via the network manager and when disabling it and setting it up on CLI.

Anyone has any ideas about what could be wrong?
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Re: Can't connect to WIFI when cloning my MAC address - Cinn

Post by JeremyB »

It has been reported as a bug but on ubuntuforums they say it is no longer a supported feature. Using wpasupplicant from Saucy(Ubuntu 13.10) has been reported as a workaround
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