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JMO

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From: Argentina

Registered: 2006-04-08

Posts: 98

Mac spoofing & wicd

I'm trying to use macchanger and then connect to my home wireless network, but I'm having no success and I don't know why.

The method I'm using is the one provided in the Arch Wiki, with macchanger running at boot on rc.multi

Anyway, wicd can't stablish the connection after soft-changing my mac:

2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: wicd initializing...
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: ---------------------------
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: wicd is version 1.7.0 552
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: setting backend to external
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: trying to load backend external
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: successfully loaded backend external
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: trying to load backend external
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: successfully loaded backend external
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: Automatically detected wireless interface wlan0
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: setting wireless interface wlan0
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: automatically detected wired interface eth0
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: setting wired interface eth0
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: setting wpa driver wext
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: setting use global dns to False
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: setting global dns
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: global dns servers are None None None
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: domain is None
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: search domain is None
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: Setting dhcp client to 0
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: Wireless configuration file found...
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: Wired configuration file found...
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: chmoding configuration files 0600...
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: chowning configuration files root:root...
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: Using wireless interface...wlan0
2011/04/02 13:45:09 :: Using wired interface...eth0
2011/04/02 13:45:15 :: Autoconnecting...
2011/04/02 13:45:15 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network
2011/04/02 13:45:15 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
2011/04/02 13:45:21 :: Autoconnecting...
2011/04/02 13:45:21 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network
2011/04/02 13:45:22 :: trying to automatically connect to...Argiopea7
2011/04/02 13:45:22 :: Connecting to wireless network Argiopea7
2011/04/02 13:45:22 :: Putting interface down
2011/04/02 13:45:22 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2011/04/02 13:45:22 :: Setting false IP...
2011/04/02 13:45:22 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2011/04/02 13:45:22 :: Flushing the routing table...
2011/04/02 13:45:22 :: Putting interface up...
2011/04/02 13:45:24 :: Generating psk...
2011/04/02 13:45:24 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2011/04/02 13:45:27 :: Connecting to wireless network Argiopea7
2011/04/02 13:45:27 :: Putting interface down
2011/04/02 13:45:27 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2011/04/02 13:45:27 :: Setting false IP...
2011/04/02 13:45:27 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2011/04/02 13:45:27 :: Flushing the routing table...
2011/04/02 13:45:27 :: Putting interface up...
2011/04/02 13:45:27 :: connect result is Failed
2011/04/02 13:45:27 :: exiting connection thread
2011/04/02 13:45:29 :: Generating psk...
2011/04/02 13:45:29 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2011/04/02 13:45:42 :: Connecting to wireless network Argiopea7
2011/04/02 13:45:42 :: Putting interface down
2011/04/02 13:45:42 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2011/04/02 13:45:42 :: Setting false IP...
2011/04/02 13:45:42 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant
2011/04/02 13:45:42 :: Flushing the routing table...
2011/04/02 13:45:42 :: Putting interface up...
2011/04/02 13:45:42 :: connect result is Failed
2011/04/02 13:45:42 :: exiting connection thread
2011/04/02 13:45:44 :: Generating psk...
2011/04/02 13:45:44 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2011/04/02 13:46:02 :: connect result is Failed
2011/04/02 13:46:02 :: exiting connection thread
2011/04/02 13:46:06 :: Sending connection attempt result bad_pass
2011/04/02 13:46:36 :: Daemon going down, killing wicd-monitor...
2011/04/02 13:46:36 :: Removing PID file...
2011/04/02 13:46:36 :: Shutting down...

And preventing wicd daemon at boot from starting, then using wpa_supplicant manually doesn't give any result neither:

[chariabidis@rorschach ~]$ cat wpa.log 
     1    [chariabidis@rorschach ~]$ sudo wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /var/lib/wicd/configurations/687f74e18b41 -D wext
     2    Trying to associate with 68:7f:74:e1:8b:41 (SSID='Argiopea7' freq=2452 MHz)
     3    Authentication with 68:7f:74:e1:8b:41 timed out.
     4    Trying to associate with 68:7f:74:e1:8b:41 (SSID='Argiopea7' freq=2452 MHz)
     5    Authentication with 68:7f:74:e1:8b:41 timed out.
     6    Trying to associate with 68:7f:74:e1:8b:41 (SSID='Argiopea7' freq=2452 MHz)
     7    Authentication with 68:7f:74:e1:8b:41 timed out.

Where can I start looking to solve this? The man pages of wicd and wpa_supplicant do not mention anything about mac addresses, and the macchanger site doesn't gives any clue neither.

Thanks in advance.-

ctarwater

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Registered: 2009-02-05

Posts: 300

Re: Mac spoofing & wicd

I just created a script with this in it:

sudo ifconfig wlan1 down
sudo ifconfig wlan1 hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
sudo ifconfig wlan1 up

and set wicd to execute it after it establishes a connection (using the "scripts" button in wicd and changing 'XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX' to a desired mac address) and I've never had any issues with it.

JMO

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From: Argentina

Registered: 2006-04-08

Posts: 98

Re: Mac spoofing & wicd

I've tried as you said, but doesn't works neither. It can raise the wlan0 device and start wicd, detect the networks, but when connecting it stagnates.

I think it may have to do with the wireless router (Linksys WRT120N) not allowing my connection attemps, but it has no sense... I can't find any assigned security option else of allowing or denying certain MAC addresses.

ctarwater

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Registered: 2009-02-05

Posts: 300

Re: Mac spoofing & wicd

definitely sounds like a router issue then and not an arch settings issue.  Check your user manual for the router and it tells you how to turn off mac filtering.  Good luck!