(Dapper) Changed interface name after wpa_supplicant upgrade

[Dick Davies]

On 27/11/05, Stephen R Laniel <steve at laniels.org> wrote:
> I'm not sure if they're connected, but there was just a
> wpa_supplicant upgrade in Dapper, and now my wireless
> interface is called eth1; it used to be eth0.

> a) why this happens, and
> b) how to make it not happen?

Linux names (nearly) all of its network interfaces 'ethX' (coming from
BSDland, this really annoys me).

AFAICT, the number is based on the order the NICs are detected, so I
guess something is being found before the wireless NIC that wasnt' before.

What is eth0 now?


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