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From: rupo
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: I'm going backwards on wireless
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:29:31 -0800
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Hadron wrote:
> Sybren Stuvel writes:
>
>> 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?
>>
>> Sybren
>
> On my system, network-manager is a buggy heap and its a toss of a coin
> which interfaces will appear as "active". The issues are logged, but I
> wouldnt hold my breath for a stable mobile solution for wireless ESSID
> selections.
That's network "settings"...network "manager" is the icon in the
notification area according to the terminology I read.
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