random mac address on each reboot

[ktulu77]

Hi,

For 2 or 3 days, each time I boot, the mac address of my pci wifi card changes.

I am on ubuntu jaunty amd64 and I have all the updates installed.
The card's chipset is rt2500-pci.

$ dmesg | grep wlan0
[ 53.269039] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 54.804578] wlan0: authenticate with AP ee:4d:c5:a6:d3:70
[ 54.806690] wlan0: authenticated
[ 54.806693] wlan0: associate with AP ee:4d:c5:a6:d3:70
[ 54.808757] wlan0: RX AssocResp from ee:4d:c5:a6:d3:70 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
[ 54.808760] wlan0: associated
[ 54.809360] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 65.712058] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 262.112162] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
[ 268.464939] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 269.948633] wlan0: authenticate with AP ee:4d:c5:a6:d3:70
[ 269.950077] wlan0: authenticated
[ 269.950080] wlan0: associate with AP ee:4d:c5:a6:d3:70
[ 269.952502] wlan0: RX AssocResp from ee:4d:c5:a6:d3:70 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
[ 269.952505] wlan0: associated
[ 269.966456] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 280.924014] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present

$ lsmod | grep rt2500
rt2500pci 26240 0
rt2x00pci 16768 1 rt2500pci
rt2x00lib 43008 2 rt2500pci,rt2x00pci
eeprom_93cx6 10624 1 rt2500pci

$ dpkg -l | grep linux-generic
ii linux-generic 2.6.28.7.7

$ dpkg -l | grep network-manager
ii network-manager 0.7-0ubuntu1

Do you need additional info ?
thank you for your help

[dino99 (9d9)]

That's quite old; report with newer active version if needed