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Old 07-16-2008, 12:54 PM
Default Re: Make wlan1 wlan0

On 2008-07-16, Ulf Leichsenring wrote:
>> I have now stopped using the first card and I have uninstalled
>> ndiswrapper. But still the second card is called wlan1.
>> Since I'm rather pedantic, I'd like my installed card to be wlan0.
>>
>> How can I make my box forget all about my affair with ndiswrapper and
>> the usb card?

>
> Check /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
> There you find every network card ever connected to your system with its
> MAC address an the assigned interface name, like
> ---------------------
> # PCI device 0x8086:0x4229 (iwl4965)
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:ca:fe:00:ca:fe",
> ATTRS{type}=="1", NAME="wlan0"
> ----------------------
>
>
> Change the entries to fit your needs (e.g. delete your old card entry
> and rename the NAME parameter for the current one to wlan0).
> Alternatively you can delete all lines and let the system automatically
> enumerate all found cards again.
> Then stop networking ,restart udev and restart networking afterwards.
>

THANK YOU!

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