Multiple network interfaces (en1, en2, en3) for enabled Airport?

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Multiple network interfaces (en1, en2, en3) for enabled Airport?

I picked up brand new AEBS today, and after running the CD to enable my Airport card, I've noticed I now seem to have three interfaces listed under Network Utility linked to wireless instead of one. I've got en1, en2, and en3, all with Model Wireless Network Adapter (802.11 a/b/g/n).

Is this normal? They each have a different MAC address. Does this mean that the new Airport is really 3 wireless network cards in 1?

Macbook C2 (Black), Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Feb 12, 2007 6:38 PM

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Hunterzyph Author

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Feb 13, 2007 8:49 AM in response to Hunterzyph

All I need is someone to load up Network Utility and click on the pull-down menu that says "Network Interface (en0)" If you have a 2 & 3...well that's good. If not the enabler hosed something on my end.

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Feb 13, 2007 8:56 AM in response to Hunterzyph

I think something is fubar'd on your end. I have three interfaces listed: en0 (the wired ethernet port), en1 (the Airport interface), and fw0 (a Firewire network interface).

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Feb 13, 2007 9:00 AM in response to Hunterzyph

Do you have Parallels installed? I ran into the same thing on my machine and it turned out the two extra network devices were created by Parallels (You can verify by going into the Network Preferences and check the port configurations). It had nothing to do with the AEBS, but I hadn't looked closely at the Network Utility info until I got the new AEBS.

MacBook Pro 2GHz Core Duo 15" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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Feb 13, 2007 9:41 AM in response to Kevin Herrboldt

Hm, I think you're right. I do have Parallels installed. I'll drop a line on their support forum.

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