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   On 01/01/2026 17:54, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
   > Jim Diamond  writes:   
   >> 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.   
   >    
   > TNP is thinking of the ?predictable interface names? scheme, which is a   
   > misnomer since predicting the name depends on information you don?t   
   > necessarily have readily to hand. Really it is about keeping the mapping   
   > between names and specific hardware interfaces stable, which is valuable   
   > in some situations and inconvenient in others.   
   >    
   Er no. On my HP laptop the interface is something like (runs to laptop    
   and returns) "wlo1"...   
      
      
   > IMHO they should have taken a lesson from filesystem naming, and allowed   
   > interfaces to be identified by their attributes, rather than depending   
   > on a unique name.   
   >    
      
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