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

[Joachim Backes]

On 08/05/2011 08:47 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Joachim Backes
> <joachim.backes at 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 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 -:)
> 
> (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 at rhrk.uni-kl.de>

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

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