linuxmint/Cinnamon — Issue #100: Multiple network interfaces is very confusing (compared to gnome-2)
Author: Konstigt
Created: 2012-01-05 08:43:38+00:00
State: open

I often use multiple network interfaces. Before, these where called eth0 & eth2. You could easily see which one was connected and not.

Now in Cinnamon & Gnome Shell it is very confusing.

Clicking the applet down by the clock I can see two interfaces for wired ethernet:

ASIX Elec. 88178
82579LM Gigabit

Ok..?

So I enter Network Settings. There I see two Wired network interfaces, no names, both just called 'Wired'.

If I select one and choose configure, I can see a connection name (which I have renamed to eth0).

So for three different places, three different names has been presented.

Proposition: Show manufacture name + configured name in popup applet. Also show the same names when entering Network Settings.