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Latitude 5300 2-in-1 and 5400 Chromebook: WD19/WD19S Dock MAC Does Not Change after Setting the MAC Passthrough Policy

Summary: This article resolves an issue where the Dell WD19/WD19S dock's Media Access Control (MAC) address does not change when the MAC pass-through policy is changed. This is seen on a Latitude 5300 2-in1 or 5400 Chromebook laptop. ...

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Symptoms

 

A WD19 dock on my new Latitude 5300 2-in-1 or 5400 Chromebook does not change the MAC address when you change the MAC Pass-through policy

 

wd19 Docking Station

(Figure.1 WD19/WD19S Type-C Connected Dock)

The MAC address on the WD19/WD19S dock that is connected to your Latitude 5300 2-in-1 or 5400 Chromebook laptop does not automatically change. It happens when you change the MAC Address Pass-Through policy in Device Setting in the ChromeOS.

Disconnecting the laptop from the dock and redocking it allows the policy changes to take effect on the dock.

You must use the ifconfig command to check the dock's MAC address (eth0, eth1, so on) after making policy changes.

Note: The dock's MAC address does not change until the laptop is reconnected to the dock. You have to check the dock's MAC address to notice this issue. You can still access the Internet using the dock's Wired Local Area Network (LAN) connection. For more information about running the ifconfig command in the ChromeOS you should see the following knowledge article:


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Cause

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Resolution

Google's Chrome engineering group worked on resolving this issue with re-implementation and released Chrome Operating System update R77 to resolve.

This feature was available in some of Dell's previous laptops. However, this feature is not present for these particular computers.

You can use the following workaround to temporarily resolve this:

  1. Every time that you make a change in admin.google.com you should:

    1. Save your changes.

    2. Unplug the WD19/WD19S USB type-C dock connector cable.

    3. Plug it back in. Allow it to pick up and make the requested changes.


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Affected Products

Dell Dock WD19, Dell Dock – WD19S, Latitude 5300 2-in-1 Chromebook, Latitude 5400 Chromebook
Article Properties
Article Number: 000138960
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 26 Sep 2024
Version:  9
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