wireless interface name changes across reboots

[Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com>]

When I reboot my laptop, my wireless card sometimes gets recognized as eth2.
Other times it gets recognized as wlan0_rename. 

Because of this, sometimes I end up with a booted machine with no network.

Using Debian Lenny (stable), 

$dmesg | grep -i wireless
[    7.493507] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection
driver for Linux, 1.2.26ks
[    7.493507] iwl3945: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG

$uname -a
Linux kusumanchi.mae.cornell.edu 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Fri Mar 13 18:08:45 UTC
2009 i686 GNU/Linux

Which package is responsible for this madness? I am guessing udev but
removing udev also wants to remove the kernel (linux-image) package(s). So
are there any other work arounds?

thanks
raju
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Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
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