Thread: Wireless chip changed?
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wmarone is offline wmarone
2010-11-05 , 23:26
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Originally Posted by Philip_w View Post
I recently had my N900 replaced under warranty by Nokia (due to the micro USB breaking as seems to be common)

I noticed that the new device has a significantly different MAC address for the Wireless LAN device than my previous N900.

The previous MAC began A8:7B:39: not surprising to see an A8 identifier in a device with an ARM A8 chip.

But the new device has a MAC address beginning 30:38:55:
Has there been a change in the chip used for wireless I wonder?

Anyone have any info on this?
Thanks
No. MAC addresses are assigned on a per-device basis and are not hard-coded into the chip. Both of those are assigned to Nokia, and the A8 in the first one was probably a complete coincidence.