On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 10:12 PM R. G. Newbury <newbury@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2024-05-23 19:20, users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > F40: strange network issue after upgrade of laptop from > > F39 > > To:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Message-ID:<088547fa-c5dd-49f3-86a0-a09dba72a773@xxxxxxxx> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > > On 5/23/24 3:32 PM, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > >> I have a strange issue after upgrading a laptop (Dell XPS 13, 2013 edition). That is that I am connected (whether through WiFi or ethernet cable) to a university network which claims after the upgrade that the laptop is no longer registered. I went through the registration process again through the browser (and was told: why are you registering this machine again, it is registered, simply restart the network/reboot) but the problem does not go away. I upgraded a desktop on the same ethernet switch and this problem did not go show up there (I am using that to write this email). > > What are they using to identify the computer? > > What is happening with the networking that isn't working? No DHCP > > response, no network traffic, etc. > > Ignore the browser for the moment. Go into Network Connections and see > if your install is cloning a random MAC address. I *suspect* that the > registration "feature" may be checking against the MAC address, while > the browser passes through the SSID + password only. Just a guess but I > have had the same problem with my android cellphone getting a > DHCP-served address instead of the expected static IP due to a random > MAC address. Possibly related: <https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f40-change-proposal-wifi-mac-randomization-system-wide/99856>. Jeff -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
