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Old 12-23-2008, 03:41 AM   #1
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Identifying network devices at boot time.

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Hi I boot linux off a USB stick on many different computers with different hardware. How can I determine in a script which devices eth0, eth1, wlan0 exist and which hardware devices they apply too? Sometimes a wireless card is wlan0, other times it is eth1 or even eth3! The proc/net/dev file does not inidicate which hardware is installed. Thanks, Robert Key
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echo Wireless interface is $(cat /proc/net/wireless | grep : | cut -b1-6)
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Compliments of the season to you and your family. Sorry this reply is so late.
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