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

[Rick Stevens]

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.
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