[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#849077: Bug#849077: wpasupplicant: [Regression] Updating wpasupplicant makes not possible to connect to encrypted WiFi

[Nicolas Kuttler]

> Andrew, since you've been asking on IRC: if this turns out to be a huge
> problem for many users, we can change that default in NM. For now it
> looks like isolated incidents so I'd keep the current configuration for now.

I just wanted to add some noise here. I couldn't reliably connect to
any wireless networks since somewhen in december. It took me a while to
notice how bad it was because at home the laptop is running 24/7, and
after maybe 20-30 minutes or more the connection would be established
randomly. I have used tethering with my mobile phone for two weeks now,
until I finally found this bug report.

Disabling MAC randomization fixed all connection problems for me with
two different cards using wpasupplicant 2.6-3:

- Broadcom Limited BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (wl)
- ATHEROS USB2.0 WLAN (ath9k_htc)