A user of my Gadgets Network skins reported that the skins were not displaying any network activity on his system. The code in the skin for all the Net measures use the following measure style (pseudo-code):
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[MeasureNetIn]
Measure=NetIn
Interface=<name of network adapter>
[MeasureNetOut]
Measure=NetOut
Interface=<name of network adapter>
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DBUG (20:31:07.356) : * NETWORK-INTERFACE: Count=43
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DBUG (20:31:07.437) : 19: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.438) : Alias: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600
DBUG (20:31:07.438) : GUID: {A2FC8CB9-FB10-44B9-80AB-1F487E9BF72D}
DBUG (20:31:07.439) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.440) : IfIndex=5, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.443) : 20: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.444) : Alias: Wi-Fi 2
DBUG (20:31:07.445) : GUID: {17FA7870-875D-4EDA-92B2-92387353B0A3}
DBUG (20:31:07.445) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.446) : IfIndex=6, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.447) : 21: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.448) : Alias: Wi-Fi
DBUG (20:31:07.448) : GUID: {CB18C356-1E75-4161-921D-9A75E6DBE9D9}
DBUG (20:31:07.449) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.450) : IfIndex=7, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.451) : 22: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.451) : Alias: Wi-Fi 2
DBUG (20:31:07.452) : GUID: {7F8200E1-08DB-4CC1-8587-3D2D4B605F58}
DBUG (20:31:07.453) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.454) : IfIndex=8, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.455) : 23: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.455) : Alias: Wi-Fi
DBUG (20:31:07.456) : GUID: {7AD1C1D9-24FD-4FF5-AAFB-3797712532AA}
DBUG (20:31:07.459) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.460) : IfIndex=9, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.462) : 24: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.462) : Alias: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600
DBUG (20:31:07.463) : GUID: {06590E66-1291-4908-B16E-C7B769870683}
DBUG (20:31:07.464) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.465) : IfIndex=23, State=Connected, Status=Up(1)
DBUG (20:31:07.465) : 25: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.466) : Alias: Wi-Fi 3
DBUG (20:31:07.467) : GUID: {839F943A-132F-4038-903D-FF6A3590E531}
DBUG (20:31:07.468) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.468) : IfIndex=16, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.469) : 26: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.470) : Alias: Wi-Fi 3
DBUG (20:31:07.471) : GUID: {2BFE4D21-0271-47D5-AB47-1BA3FA126813}
DBUG (20:31:07.472) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.472) : IfIndex=10, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.473) : 27: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.475) : Alias: Wi-Fi 4
DBUG (20:31:07.476) : GUID: {D1E7FC84-E44A-4EBE-88D5-D898ED18FF2C}
DBUG (20:31:07.477) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.478) : IfIndex=17, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.478) : 28: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.479) : Alias: Wi-Fi 2
DBUG (20:31:07.480) : GUID: {F8E5FBBE-0ED7-4534-AAD4-A144A33AE9BC}
DBUG (20:31:07.481) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.482) : IfIndex=11, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.482) : 29: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.483) : Alias: Wi-Fi
DBUG (20:31:07.484) : GUID: {8BF72EBB-8067-46BC-B4A9-A4F44F420E10}
DBUG (20:31:07.484) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.485) : IfIndex=12, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.486) : 30: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.486) : Alias: Wi-Fi 4
DBUG (20:31:07.488) : GUID: {C81B42C0-A458-4A3E-90A8-06169A765544}
DBUG (20:31:07.489) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.491) : IfIndex=13, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.493) : 31: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.494) : Alias: Wi-Fi
DBUG (20:31:07.495) : GUID: {C852D841-58C8-411F-9939-3BAAE6B8C24A}
DBUG (20:31:07.495) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.496) : IfIndex=14, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.497) : 32: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.498) : Alias: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600
DBUG (20:31:07.498) : GUID: {81E1D333-3A1F-4E5C-B1DF-7A8A767E4D73}
DBUG (20:31:07.499) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.500) : IfIndex=15, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.501) : 33: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.501) : Alias: Wi-Fi
DBUG (20:31:07.502) : GUID: {E6910D44-4240-4B1C-8317-3351CB6FC60F}
DBUG (20:31:07.503) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.504) : IfIndex=19, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
DBUG (20:31:07.504) : 34: Name: NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
DBUG (20:31:07.505) : Alias: Wi-Fi 2
DBUG (20:31:07.506) : GUID: {A19AE7D1-C4E4-4678-B46D-512131A73B30}
DBUG (20:31:07.508) : Type=Wireless(71), Hardware=Yes, Filter=No
DBUG (20:31:07.509) : IfIndex=21, State=Unknown, Status=Not Present(6)
When using Interface=<name of network adapter> syntax, Rainmeter appears to find one of the dead entries and report no activity. When using Interface=Best or Interface=<IfIndex>, it does correctly find and report the proper adapter.
I don't know if this is really fixable. Maybe work-aroundable? I have also managed to create a bad adapter entry when I upgraded a VirtualBox installation; apparently Oracle does not properly remove existing VBox adapters when upgrading and just tries to add a new one. Windows complains, but creates the new entry anyway, which makes an essentially permanently bad entry in the list of adapters.