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From: "Longman
To: gentoo-laptop@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-laptop] ethernet issue (e1000)
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:06:57
Message-Id: 811D382F92501D4EB5F748D2BF9EFBB95CE947@wabex2.sharpamericas.com
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-laptop] ethernet issue (e1000) by mail
1 > Thanks, That was it! I used to have eth0 and eth1 (ethernet and
2 > wireless) Now I have eth1 and eth2!
3 >
4 > I need to go through all the docs to really understand how to
5 > deal with
6 > networking. Does anybody have any good suggestions as to how
7 > to set up a
8 > gui to deal with networking? I would like to achieve the following:
9 >
10 > Let the users monitor all the network interfaces
11 > Scan for and connect to various wireless access points
12 > turn on/off the radio card when not in use
13
14 Well, a lot of this interface name change problem stems from udev having
15 its way with your devices early in the boot process. I wrestled with
16 this same problem after I moved to udev and even now, I have to force
17 the name on my devices.
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