On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Joachim Backes
<joachim.backes(a)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(a)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.