Hi,
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?
Kind regards
On 08/04/2011 05:36 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
Hi,
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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks@nerd.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Brain: The organ with which we think that we think. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
On 08/04/2011 10:19 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
On 08/04/2011 05:36 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
Hi,
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.
Kind regards
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:55 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@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.
On 08/05/2011 09:37 AM, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:55 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@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)!
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@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@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.
On 08/05/2011 11:33 AM, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@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@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.
It's a desktop PC. I'm not owner of a laptop -:)
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@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@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.
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
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
On 08/05/2011 11:33 AM, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@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@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.
It's a desktop PC. I'm not owner of a laptop -:)
(Some desktops have WiFi.)
What's the output of "ifconfig -a" and what's the content of these "if cfg_Auto..." files?
On 08/05/2011 08:47 PM, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
On 08/05/2011 11:33 AM, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@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@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.
It's a desktop PC. I'm not owner of a laptop -:)
(Some desktops have WiFi.)
Mine doesn't.
What's the output of "ifconfig -a" and what's the content of these "if cfg_Auto..." files?
1. ifconfig -a =========== em1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:66:38:46:AA inet addr:192.168.100.101 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: 2002:5886:b283:0:219:66ff:fe38:46aa/64 Scope:Global inet6 addr: fe80::219:66ff:fe38:46aa/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:5162 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3380 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:6402261 (6.1 MiB) TX bytes:251330 (245.4 KiB) Interrupt:40 Base address:0xc000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1824 (1.7 KiB) TX bytes:1824 (1.7 KiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 7A:86:B2:CE:E8:B7 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
2. File ifcfg-Auto_abc =================== HWADDR=00:1E:E5:E5:CD:87 ESSID="abc" MODE=Managed KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK SECURITYMODE=open TYPE=Wireless BOOTPROTO=dhcp DEFROUTE=yes PEERDNS=yes PEERROUTES=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes IPV6INIT=yes IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes IPV6_PEERDNS=yes IPV6_PEERROUTES=yes IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no NAME="Auto abc" UUID=70d10d2a-5275-4c56-9b7a-8f69647175ea ONBOOT=yes
The others are similar.
Kind regards
Joachim Backes joachim.backes@rhrk.uni-kl.de
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
ifcfg-Auto_abc
<snip> ESSID="abc" MODE=Managed KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK SECURITYMODE=open TYPE=Wireless <snip>
Didn't I tell you that their names pointed to WiFi setups?!
On 08/06/2011 09:11 AM, Tom H wrote:
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
ifcfg-Auto_abc
<snip> ESSID="abc" MODE=Managed KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK SECURITYMODE=open TYPE=Wireless <snip>
Didn't I tell you that their names pointed to WiFi setups?!
Hi Tom,
1. My board, ASROCK ConRoe1333-DVI/H, has no WiFi :-) 2. I never inserted a WLAN stick 3. lspci:
lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
4. lsusb
lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04a9:220e Canon, Inc. CanoScan N1240U/LiDE 30 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ58/M-BJ69 Optical Wheel Mouse
Kind regards
Joachim Backes joachim.backes@rhrk.uni-kl.de
On 08/06/2011 03:46 PM, Joachim Backes wrote:
- My board, ASROCK ConRoe1333-DVI/H, has no WiFi :-)
- I never inserted a WLAN stick
Yet, clearly, the files are related to a WLAN.
So, I suppose you could continue to determine how the files got there...maybe check the date stamps? Maybe somehow they got there when someone other than yourself had access to the machine? Maybe you were fooling around one evening after several beers? :-) :-)
I don't know if anyone can come up with a valid explanation as to how the files got there...when the system is under your control.... But with the names of Auto_abc and Auto_linksys I "may" be suspicious that someone was trying to drop in some default configurations with a view to later access.
Yet Occam's Razor would find that unlikely. :-)
At this point, I would be getting ready to delete them and chalk it up to sunspots. :-)
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 3:46 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
On 08/06/2011 09:11 AM, Tom H wrote:
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Joachim Backes joachim.backes@rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote:
ifcfg-Auto_abc
<snip> ESSID="abc" MODE=Managed KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK SECURITYMODE=open TYPE=Wireless <snip>
Didn't I tell you that their names pointed to WiFi setups?!
- My board, ASROCK ConRoe1333-DVI/H, has no WiFi :-)
- I never inserted a WLAN stick
- lspci:
- lsusb
Could someone else have used your box with a WiFi stick?
Could you have restored these ifcfg files from the backup of a box that used WiFi?
Was your box built using kickstart and a "%post" script dropped them into "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/"?
WAG: Could there be some wired router that you use that requires authentication and that NM misidentifies as wireless?!
On 08/06/2011 10:45 AM, Tom H wrote:
Was your box built using kickstart and a "%post" script dropped them into "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/"?
It's also possible that they were dropped there during a standard install. My desktop has never had WiFi and I'm the only user, but there's an ifup-wireless there as well as a completely redundant ifup-isdn among others.
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Joe Zeff joe@zeff.us wrote:
On 08/06/2011 10:45 AM, Tom H wrote:
Was your box built using kickstart and a "%post" script dropped them into "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/"?
It's also possible that they were dropped there during a standard install. My desktop has never had WiFi and I'm the only user, but there's an ifup-wireless there as well as a completely redundant ifup-isdn among others.
"ifup-*" files are different.
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