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

[Joachim Backes]

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.

It's a desktop PC. I'm not owner of a laptop -:)

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

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

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