Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device
On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:54:14 +0300
Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jo, 11 iul 19, 19:26:45, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:02:44 -0000 (UTC)
> > Bert Riding <reriding@xmission.com> wrote:
> >
> > > You could try using the actual device for the -i option (interface)...like
> > > wlan0 or, in the new notation wlp3s0, and use nl80122 as the -D
> > > option (driver).
> >
> > iw dev or ip a report the device name to be wlx00e04c2a23c4. This
> > designation never changes regardless of reboots or which USB port I
> > plug the wireless device into.
>
> That is a MAC-based name and is to be expected/makes sense for USB
> adapters.
That's what I figured, too.
> > I examined the output of dmesg and noted that udev had reassigned
> > wlan0 to this new name.
>
> To or from? I would expect the kernel to assign wlan0 to it and then
> udev to rename it.
As I remember: FROM wlan0 TO wlx-etc. And, yes, reassignment by udev.
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