F15: weird files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

[Robert Marcano]

On 08/05/2011 07:25 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
> On 08/05/2011 11:33 AM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Joachim Backes
>> <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>  wrote:
>>> On 08/05/2011 09:37 AM, Tom H wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:55 AM, Joachim Backes
>>>> <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>  wrote:
>>>>> On 08/04/2011 10:19 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>>>>> On 08/04/2011 05:36 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Besides ifcfg-em1 and ifcfg-lo, I found some weird configuration files
>>>>>>> in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ifcfg-Auto_abc
>>>>>>> ifcfg-Auto_linksys 1
>>>>>>> ifcfg-Auto_linksys
>>>>>>> ifcfg-Auto_mycloud
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know who is reponsible for creating these files. But I saw that
>>>>>>> they slowed down NetworkManager's speed after boot when logging in for
>>>>>>> the first time (it took about 20 secs until the network was completely
>>>>>>> up). After having removed these files, I saw a significant improvement
>>>>>>> of NetworkManager.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anybody has an explication?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They're NetworkManager files and are typically created when it finds
>>>>>> wireless networks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe. But there is no such device attached to my box.
>>>>
>>>> They look like SSIDs rather than devices.
>>>
>>> Ooops, I have no WLAN access (connection to the router is available by LAN)!
>>
>> It was a good WAG since linksys and mycloud do suggest SSID names.
>> Anyway, if this is on a laptop, I don't think that you'd have to have
>> current WiFi access to have these files.
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> It's a desktop PC. I'm not owner of a laptop -:)

check the contents, if they contains something like ESSID= they are 
created from wireless networks, they could be created too with other 
options of Network Manager, like VPN, even Wired Networks if you change 
the name of the connection
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