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

[Joachim Backes]

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)!

-- 
Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>

http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes

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