Overwrite MAC address feature doesn't work

[Michael]

Hi,

I am using Linux Mint 17 .

since I updated from Mint 16 to Mint 17 the "Clone MAC addres"s(its the feature to overwrite the MAC address, I am using the German version but my search indicated that the feature is called like that) feature doesn't work anymore. If I enter a user defined MAC address it has no effect on my Wifi cards MAC address. Almost the same as here: http://superuser.com/questions/779173/how-to-spoof-the-mac-on-a-wifi-linux-mint-17-with-nm.

For now I used macchanger like in the linked topic suggested(and it works fine so far), but if it is a bug a fix would still be nice because the macchanger solution isn't very easy(but not that difficult either) and since the feature is already implemented it would be a shame to leave it like that.

Greetings

Michi

[Gold Star (goldstar611)]

If you issue the commands

ifconfig wlan0 down
ifconfig wlan0 up

does it change?

From the GUI, if you flip the on switch to OFF then back on..does that work also?