Wireless running on eth0

[DanielFGray]

Running 12.04, my wireless adapter is running on eth0
This is causing problems for programs I use that measure signal strength as I imagine most do not expect wireless on ethX
I can boot into Debian using the same driver and it runs on wlan0, and everything works as expected, but not on Ubuntu.

How can I change this?

[dandnsmith]

I suspect that, for Ubuntu 12.04, you cannot, as it's hidden below the level at which you're aware. I had noticed the change, and wondered about all the wireless 'tools' which rely on ports being wlan..

I haven't yet become aware of this occurring in other distros - it will be interesting to see whether it also happens in Mint (which has been Ubuntu based).

[necs]

Hello Gudmorning....

Pls am just new too Ubuntu. I av not yet installed it but I do run it 2gether on my window 7

Pls I av a problem with it, bcus it does not detect wireless but my window does

How do I du dat.......Moreso I av tried {ifconfig} {iwconfig} but i need thorough guide so

dat i wont mess up.

Pls help meh.