ALFA AWUS036NH and ALFA AWUS036ACH adapters showing weird interface name and unable to use any commands with them
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and I have connected an Alfa AWUS036NH and AWUS036ACH wireless USB adapter. When I use ifconfig, it shows the interface as wlx00c0ca5a4f9d, and if I try ifconfig wlx00c0ca5a4f9d down, it says the operation is not permitted.
Is there any reason for this? When I use my internal network card it shows as wlan0 if that is any help.
wlx00c0ca5a4f9d Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:ca:5a:4f:9d
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
16.04 networking realtek-wireless alfa-wireless
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and I have connected an Alfa AWUS036NH and AWUS036ACH wireless USB adapter. When I use ifconfig, it shows the interface as wlx00c0ca5a4f9d, and if I try ifconfig wlx00c0ca5a4f9d down, it says the operation is not permitted.
Is there any reason for this? When I use my internal network card it shows as wlan0 if that is any help.
wlx00c0ca5a4f9d Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:ca:5a:4f:9d
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
16.04 networking realtek-wireless alfa-wireless
edited Feb 3 at 9:12
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and I have connected an Alfa AWUS036NH and AWUS036ACH wireless USB adapter. When I use ifconfig, it shows the interface as wlx00c0ca5a4f9d, and if I try ifconfig wlx00c0ca5a4f9d down, it says the operation is not permitted.
Is there any reason for this? When I use my internal network card it shows as wlan0 if that is any help.
wlx00c0ca5a4f9d Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:ca:5a:4f:9d
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
16.04 networking realtek-wireless alfa-wireless
edited Feb 3 at 9:12
Chai T. Rex
3,81511132
asked Feb 3 at 4:02
Ryan
12
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and I have connected an Alfa AWUS036NH and AWUS036ACH wireless USB adapter. When I use ifconfig, it shows the interface as wlx00c0ca5a4f9d, and if I try ifconfig wlx00c0ca5a4f9d down, it says the operation is not permitted.
Is there any reason for this? When I use my internal network card it shows as wlan0 if that is any help.
wlx00c0ca5a4f9d Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:ca:5a:4f:9d
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
16.04 networking realtek-wireless alfa-wireless
16.04 networking realtek-wireless alfa-wireless
edited Feb 3 at 9:12
Chai T. Rex
3,81511132
asked Feb 3 at 4:02
Ryan
12
edited Feb 3 at 9:12
Chai T. Rex
3,81511132
asked Feb 3 at 4:02
Ryan
12
edited Feb 3 at 9:12
Chai T. Rex
3,81511132
edited Feb 3 at 9:12
Chai T. Rex
3,81511132
edited Feb 3 at 9:12
Chai T. Rex
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3,81511132
asked Feb 3 at 4:02
Ryan
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asked Feb 3 at 4:02
Ryan
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Your interface name is "weird" because of the introduction of predictable interface naming. Please see: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ The name of your wireless interface, wlx00c0ca5a4f9d, suggests that it is a WireLess interface, that it is eXternal and the unique identifier is its MAC address. In future Ubuntu versions, your internal device will be renamed to something like wlp3s0, suggesting a WireLess PCI interface at PCI bus 03:00.0.
Taking an interface up or down is not permitted by ordinary users. If you are a privileged user, that is, if you have the sudo password, then you may do:
sudo ifconfig wlx00c0ca5a4f9d down
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Your interface name is "weird" because of the introduction of predictable interface naming. Please see: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ The name of your wireless interface, wlx00c0ca5a4f9d, suggests that it is a WireLess interface, that it is eXternal and the unique identifier is its MAC address. In future Ubuntu versions, your internal device will be renamed to something like wlp3s0, suggesting a WireLess PCI interface at PCI bus 03:00.0.
Taking an interface up or down is not permitted by ordinary users. If you are a privileged user, that is, if you have the sudo password, then you may do:
sudo ifconfig wlx00c0ca5a4f9d down
answered Feb 3 at 14:33
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Your interface name is "weird" because of the introduction of predictable interface naming. Please see: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ The name of your wireless interface, wlx00c0ca5a4f9d, suggests that it is a WireLess interface, that it is eXternal and the unique identifier is its MAC address. In future Ubuntu versions, your internal device will be renamed to something like wlp3s0, suggesting a WireLess PCI interface at PCI bus 03:00.0.
Taking an interface up or down is not permitted by ordinary users. If you are a privileged user, that is, if you have the sudo password, then you may do:
sudo ifconfig wlx00c0ca5a4f9d down
answered Feb 3 at 14:33
chili555
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Your interface name is "weird" because of the introduction of predictable interface naming. Please see: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ The name of your wireless interface, wlx00c0ca5a4f9d, suggests that it is a WireLess interface, that it is eXternal and the unique identifier is its MAC address. In future Ubuntu versions, your internal device will be renamed to something like wlp3s0, suggesting a WireLess PCI interface at PCI bus 03:00.0.
Taking an interface up or down is not permitted by ordinary users. If you are a privileged user, that is, if you have the sudo password, then you may do:
sudo ifconfig wlx00c0ca5a4f9d down
answered Feb 3 at 14:33
chili555
36.8k54876
Your interface name is "weird" because of the introduction of predictable interface naming. Please see: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ The name of your wireless interface, wlx00c0ca5a4f9d, suggests that it is a WireLess interface, that it is eXternal and the unique identifier is its MAC address. In future Ubuntu versions, your internal device will be renamed to something like wlp3s0, suggesting a WireLess PCI interface at PCI bus 03:00.0.
Taking an interface up or down is not permitted by ordinary users. If you are a privileged user, that is, if you have the sudo password, then you may do:
sudo ifconfig wlx00c0ca5a4f9d down
answered Feb 3 at 14:33
chili555
36.8k54876
answered Feb 3 at 14:33
chili555
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answered Feb 3 at 14:33
chili555
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answered Feb 3 at 14:33
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