Re: Change interface name
Mike Beattie, 2003-Apr-18 22:49 +1200:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 10:49:46PM -0700, Jeff wrote:
> > I'd like to have it use wlan0 when it loads up instead of eth0 as the
> > interface name, but I can't find how to do that. My google searches
> > haven't turned up anything that works and I haven't found anything
> > searching the list archive.
>
> You cant. the driver registers the card as 'eth', not 'wlan'. AFAIAA,
> linux-wlan-ng is the only set of drivers that registers 'wlan' devices.
>
> (find the module source, you'll see 'eth' hardcoded)
I was provided a patch to the orinoco_cs.c driver that I plan to test
next time I need to reboot.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
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