Wireless network interfaces' names: eth1 vs. wlan0
I noticed my laptop's wireless interface is named eth1, whereas the wireless on a netbook is named wlan0 (both have a wired eth0 in addition to wireless).
I suppose both are set by /etc/udev/
# PCI device 0x8086:0x1043 (ipw2100)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}==" (the MAC address) ", ATTR{dev_
vs.
# PCI device 0x168c:0x001c (ath5k)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}==" (the MAC address) ", ATTR{dev_
Is there a reasoning behind calling ipw2100's interface eth1 and not wlan0? Is there any reason I shouldn't change the name (by editing 70-persistent-
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- 2012-02-19
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- 2012-02-19
Nothing really, network manager seems to like wlan0 but if you use wicd, you can specify the interface names it uses.
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