[COLUG] eth1

[Thomas J. Noe]

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 14:25, Edward Dunagin wrote:
> can't seem to get an answer from my local lug, so maybe someone
> in ohio might offer ....
>
> i have an ethernet card internal and the kernel assigns it eth0. i put
> a usb plug for a wireless connection, but the system does not assign
> it an 'eth'.
>
> so as my system boots, the wireless plug is seen but not assigned an
> eth1. how can i get eth1 on the wireless plug?
>
> thanks and Peace.....................ed

Ed --

Depending on the driver that your USB wireless card is using, it may give it a 
different prefix. On my Linksys PCMCIA card with the HostAP driver loaded, it 
turns out to be wlan0. What device name is the kernel currently assigning to 
your device?

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Best wishes,
    Tom

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