From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Jim Diamond  writes:   
   > The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >> On 31/12/2025 20:00, Jim Diamond wrote:   
   >>> Given that this mystery IP didn't show up the next time I rebooted (or   
   >>> again just now (to test)), I consider that unlikely.  And grepping through   
   >>> /etc I don't see any unexpected instances of either (a) the mystery IP, or   
   >>> (b) the string "wlan".  Not that this is an exhaustive hunt.   
   >>   
   >> Linux has had a fit about the naming of interfaces. wlan seems   
   >> deprecated.   
   >   
   > I don't think "Linux" has had a fit about naming of interfaces.  All   
   > of my machines (RPi and otherwise) have "wlan0".  But I have seen more   
   > exotic names on some distros.   
      
   TNP is thinking of the ‘predictable interface names’ scheme, which is a   
   misnomer since predicting the name depends on information you don’t   
   necessarily have readily to hand. Really it is about keeping the mapping   
   between names and specific hardware interfaces stable, which is valuable   
   in some situations and inconvenient in others.   
      
   IMHO they should have taken a lesson from filesystem naming, and allowed   
   interfaces to be identified by their attributes, rather than depending   
   on a unique name.   
      
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