Ubuntu
dhcp3 package

dhclient3 sends wrong discover packets on changed MAC addr

Bug #1008203 reported by miller
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dhcp3 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When using an altered MAC address of a wlan adapter, dhclient3 initially works correctly and sets up the lease, but after about 5 minutes, it tries to connect up again by sending out discovery packets and starts using the orginal MAC addr, not the one that is intended.

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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

Which version of Ubuntu is this with?

Changed in dhcp3 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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miller (emiller12345) wrote :

This is happening on 10.04, i'll run a fresh install of 12.04 and see if it still does it.

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miller (emiller12345) wrote :

I cant seem to reproduce this bug now in 12.04. I don't know what happened, but I cant see this problem now.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for dhcp3 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in dhcp3 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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