[Voyage-linux] Question about WLAN interface naming

[Gustin Johnson]

MAC addresses are stored on the device itself.  You see what it is by
running "ip addr", the line that starts with "link/ether" contains the
MAC address of the interface.


On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 11:34 AM, John Schultz <jschultz0614 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for the lack of info, I will provide when time permits. However in the
> mean time, where are the hw addrs stored?
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 09:23, Gustin Johnson <gustin at meganerd.ca> wrote:
>>
>> If you are getting errors then the errors themselves might be
>> important, as are any related log entries.
>>
>> The wifi0 device is the raw device created by the madwifi drivers,
>> from there you create a usable device (usually ath0 but this is
>> entirely arbitrary).  Check the default /etc/network/interfaces file
>> for an example of this (play around with wlanconfig from the CLI, try
>> deleting and creating various devices).  In your case the wlan0 is
>> likely paired (for lack of a better term) with the wifi0 device if
>> they have the same hwaddr (check with "ip addr") .  It sounds like one
>> of your wifi devices is not detected but it is tough to say without
>> more information.
>>
>> You might want to see what modules are in fact loaded (lsmod |grep
>> 80211).  I would also have a look at the output from lspci.
>>
>> 2011/7/4 John Schultz <jschultz0614 at gmail.com>:
>> > OK,... this will most likely be a stupid question and I apologize in
>> > advance
>> > for that, its just that I have not figured it out yet. I tried to
>> > reinstall
>> > udev using apt-get and keep getting errors. What am I doing wrong?
>> >
>> >
>> > 2011/6/2 Kim-man 'Punky' TSE <punkytse at punknix.com>
>> >>
>> >> Hi John,
>> >>
>> >> Some rules in udev are removed when building the distribution. You can
>> >> reinstall udev package to bring it back.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Punky
>> >>
>> >> On 6/3/2011 9:27 AM, John Schultz wrote:
>> >> > I thought the names to the cards were stored in
>> >> > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.
>> >> >
>> >> > looks like this file does not exist on the mesh node, if that's the
>> >> > case, where are the associations to mac addresses
>> >> > stored?
>> >> >
>> >> >
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