[Bug 163455] [ath] "bssid" in wlanN create_args does not change wlan MAC address

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163455

--- Comment #6 from John Nielsen <john at jnielsen.net> ---
The "bssid" parameter does indeed work on 10-STABLE and 11-CURRENT (and
probably earlier?). I do seem to recall that the order of ifconfig parameters
makes a difference, though. Since opening this ticket I have changed my rc.conf
to have "bssid" at the beginning of the relevant lines instead of at the end
and it has been working fine for some time.

Excerpt from working rc.conf:
wlans_ath1="wlan1 wlan3"
create_args_wlan1="bssid wlanmode hostap mode 11g channel 1:ht/40+"
create_args_wlan3="bssid wlanmode hostap mode 11g channel 1:ht/40+"

Excerpt from ifconfig output:
wlan1: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
1500
        ether 00:1b:b1:5d:XX:YY
wlan3: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
1500
        ether 06:1b:b1:5d:XX:YY

Note the difference in the first octet of the MAC address: '00' for wlan1 and
'06' for wlan3.

AFAIK this bug can be closed.

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