On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: > Marvin Renich wrote: >> * Martin Pitt <mp...@debian.org> [150509 05:27]: >> > TBH, hotpluggable USB network adapters which change all the time sound >> > like a corner case in a server world where you have hand-written >> > config files referring to interface names. They are of course common >> > on the client side, but there stable interface names don't matter at >> > all. But see below. >> >> I disagree that stable interface names do not matter for USB adaptors >> for consumer laptops. I have owned two laptops where the on-board WiFi >> adaptor was too new to have reliable Linux drivers until 6-12 months >> after I purchased them. While waiting for the Linux drivers, I used a >> USB WiFi dongle that has good kernel support. I have plugged the >> adaptor into different USB ports based on where my laptop was situated >> wrt varied surroundings. I suspect (with no real data to back it up) >> that the biggest use of USB WiFi dongles on consumer machines is when >> the on-board WiFi doesn't work for some reason (too new or broken). In >> this case, it is often the main internet connection and a stable name is >> important. > > Why? What does a stable name matter in the case you mentioned? > > Were you actually using ifupdown to manage the varied set of wireless > networks? Because if not, then the name shouldn't matter.
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