Re: Phantom wireless device

[Rick Jones <rick activeservice co uk>]

--On Thursday, August 20, 2009 13:01:10 -0500 Larry Finger <Larry Finger lwfinger net> wrote:
> 
> What do you have in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules?

See attached

> What does the command iwconfig show?

excluding stuff on non-wireless devices:

ra0       RT2860 Wireless  ESSID:"Jones"  Nickname:"RT2860STA"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:13:33:09:A0:88   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:8DBC-897E-37C0-758A-07A4-02BF-9DA3-EBAF
          Link Quality=100/100  Signal level:-56 dBm  Noise level:-81 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

> I'm wondering if your rename rules are tripping over the master
> device. FWI, the master0 wireless device will disappear in 2.6.32.

I just don't see where it's getting the Intel identity of the device from. Weird.

Rick

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