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I have a USB wifi adapter ( TP-LINK TL-WN725N v2).
I installed a new driver: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/8188eu-dkms .
The old name under the previous driver started with "wl...". Now it starts with "enp..." even though it is a wi-fi device:
enp0s18f2u1: renamed from wlan0
The driver and USB device works fine.
Is it an error to have an interface starting with "enp..." when it's a wifi device?
Is the only way to correct it by creating a .rules file?
Or could the error be coming from the driver?
Last edited by da99 (2016-03-24 07:08:56)
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According these links, it's most likely the official Realtek driver not specifying the device type:
http://connman.connman.narkive.com/nyrz … s-ethernet
https://github.com/pvaret/rtl8192cu-fixes/issues/23
Other people who installed the 8188eu-dkms from AUR have also experienced the same situation: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p1593938
Just to double check, I searched the source code for the driver included in 8188eu-dkms. (It's the DropBox link under sources: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/8188eu-dkms )
It indeed lacks "wlan_type" (grep recursively for "wlan_type") compared to the default drived included in the Linux kernel.
Last edited by da99 (2016-03-24 07:18:24)
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