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   On 2025-12-31 at 17:50 AST, The Natural Philosopher    
   wrote:   
   > On 31/12/2025 20:00, Jim Diamond wrote:   
   >> Given that this mystery IP didn't show up the next time I rebooted (or   
   >> again just now (to test)), I consider that unlikely.  And grepping through   
   >> /etc I don't see any unexpected instances of either (a) the mystery IP, or   
   >> (b) the string "wlan".  Not that this is an exhaustive hunt.   
   >   
   > Linux has had a fit about the naming of interfaces. wlan seems deprecated.   
      
   I don't think "Linux" has had a fit about naming of interfaces.  All of my   
   machines (RPi and otherwise) have "wlan0".  But I have seen more exotic   
   names on some distros.   
      
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