On Fri, 2024-05-24 at 11:52 +0200, Sjoerd Mullender via users wrote: > On 24/05/2024 11.38, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Thu, 2024-05-23 at 17:32 -0500, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > 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). > > > > > > I should mention that the network on this upgraded laptop works > > > fine > > > when I take the laptop home and connect. > > > > > > So what could be the problem? I have not had such an issue with > > > installations and upgrades for 40.5 versions of Fedora (the 0.5 > > > is > > > for RH9 that I think I used mid-2003 to late 2003 before Fedora > > > Core > > > 1). How do I troubleshoot this? > > > > I´d suggest you talk to the university network admins. > > Probably the new way in which Fedora is handling MAC addresses. I > believe it is now supposed to be random, but stable per SSID, but I > do > not remember any details. So it may be that you're using a different > MAC address than before, and the university doesn't recognize it. Again, talk to the admins. They should be able to tell you. However since many mobile devices use randomised MAC addresses they must have a way of dealing with this, assuming that is indeed the problem. poc -- _______________________________________________ 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
