I used ndiswrapper for a usb wireless card, and then I installed a pci
card not using ndiswrapper. The usb card was called wlan0 and the second
card wlan1.

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?

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Salve

> 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.


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Ulf Leichsenring
ulf@leichsenring.net

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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Salve