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Re: name for wireless interface

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>> What is the origin of the long name, wlxa0f3c10a28f7?

*	From: Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net>
*	Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 22:45:44 -0700
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#new-interface-names

OK, yes, just the MAC or Ethernet address prefixed with "wlx".

root@dalton:/home/peter# ip addr show wlan1
4: wlan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether a0:f3:c1:0a:28:f7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Thanks Kushal,               ... Peter E.

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  Re: name for wireless interface Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-08-13 00:40 +0200
    Re: name for wireless interface peter@easthope.ca - 2017-08-13 03:40 +0200
    Re: name for wireless interface David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-08-14 20:30 +0200
  Re: name for wireless interface Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2017-08-13 08:00 +0200
    Re: name for wireless interface peter@easthope.ca - 2017-09-07 03:20 +0200
  Re: name for wireless interface Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-13 09:20 +0200
    RE: name for wireless interface "John Ratliff" <jratliff@bluemarble.net> - 2017-08-13 23:00 +0200
      RE: name for wireless interface Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-08-13 23:20 +0200

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