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   From: Sybren Stuvel    
   Subject: Re: I'm going backwards on wireless   
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   rupo enlightened us with:   
   > 1.  Why does network settings, ifconfig and iwconfig all report my   
   > wireless as eth1?  I was expecting wlan0 since sourceforge told me   
   > that's what it should say.   
      
   Some wifi drivers use wlanX, some use ethX. You might want to   
   double-check that you're really using ndiswrapper.   
      
   > 2.  Why is eth0 active?  I don't have anything plugged into the RJ45   
   > connector.  I have no network at home.  Turning eth0 off makes no   
   > difference.   
      
   How do you know it's active?   
      
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