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[Moshe Caspi <mcaspi12@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Christopher for your help. I don't think it's related to the BIOS
because:

1. Once I have a wireless connection, rebooting the computer makes a
connection automatically with the correct MAC so this issue happens only
on cold boot.

2. This doesn't happen with the manufacturer's driver. It only happens
with the staging driver.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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Title:
  No wireless connection on computer start

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I use tp-link wn723n usb dongle. When I start the computer I am not
  connected automatically to the router but the hardware is recognized.
  It looks like the problem is that I get a wrong MAC :

  kernel: [ 32.481663] MAC Address = 00:e0:4c:81:88:02

  which looks like a combination of the first part of the serial number
  of the dongle: 00e04c, the chip: 8188 and and an index number: 02.

  I have to remove the dongle  and insert it in order for the wireless
  connection to work. Then I get the correct MAC:

  kernel: [ 449.752527] MAC Address = c4:e9:84:0c:cb:af

  It looks like the problem starts here:

  kernel: [ 56.946579] r8188eu 1-2:1.0 wlan1: renamed from wlan0

  even though I have:

  # USB device 0x:0x (r8188eu)
  SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="c4:e9:84:0c:cb:af", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"

  # USB device 0x:0x (r8188eu)
  SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:e0:4c:81:88:02", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan1"

  
  If I reboot the computer at this point that I have a connection to the router, magically  I am automatically connected again to the router.

  Here are 2 same issues with wrong MACs and the same chip:
  https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-
  devel/2014-November/029401.html
  https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu/issues/75

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: linux-image-3.19.0-41-generic 3.19.0-41.46
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-41.46-generic 3.19.8-ckt10
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-41-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.8
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  moshe       977 F.... lxpanel
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Tue Dec 22 12:25:13 2015
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5e5eaba6-2f6f-4a5f-8a75-9b6cd6841e46
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-06 (349 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release i386 (20141022.1)
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-41-generic root=UUID=a94f05c3-f057-45de-bc12-2c8c7c502cd4 ro
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.19.0-41-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.19.0-41-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.143
  RfKill:
   
  SourcePackage: linux
  StagingDrivers: r8188eu
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/14/2004
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F1
  dmi.board.name: 7VM400M-RZ
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF1:bd01/14/2004:svn:pn:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rn7VM400M-RZ:rvrx.x:cvn:ct3:cvr:

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