[Bug 392496] [NEW] Network interfaces starting with rndis should be named 'Mobile Interface' rather than 'Networking Interface'

[Muzer]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: plasma-widget-network-manager

Phones based on Windows Mobile 6.x have an app called "Internet
Connection Sharing" (ICS). This allows you to use the internet on a
computer via the phone. There is a Linux driver for this called usb-
rndis-lite. There is a version of this that comes with Ubuntu, I
believe, although it doesn't have the workaround for WinMo 6.1 (which it
doesn't work with), but that's not for this bug report. Basically, this
driver causes the phone to appear to the computer as a normal ethernet
interface, called rndisX (the X being a number as usual). It functions
exactly like an ethernet interface, and software can't tell the
difference. Because of this, plasma-widget-network-manager calls it
"Networking Interface". It would be very nice if it could instead call
it "Mobile Interface", "Mobile Internet Interface", "Mobile Broadband
Inteface" or something along those lines. It should NOT change its
behaviour, as I said, it works as an ethernet interface and cannot work
any other way. It should JUST change the name. With the old app, it used
to just use the name of the interface (rndis0 in my case), which was
much preferable, but this would be the next best thing.

Ubuntu 9.04

plasma-widget-network-manager version 0.0+svn966653-0ubuntu0.1

** Affects: plasma-widget-network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Network interfaces starting with rndis should be named 'Mobile Interface' rather than 'Networking Interface'
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