Re: name for wireless interface

[peter@easthope.ca]

>> What is the origin of the long name, wlxa0f3c10a28f7?

*	From: Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net>
*	Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 22:45:44 -0700
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#new-interface-names

OK, yes, just the MAC or Ethernet address prefixed with "wlx".

root@dalton:/home/peter# ip addr show wlan1
4: wlan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether a0:f3:c1:0a:28:f7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Thanks Kushal,               ... Peter E.

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