From 54f4caedeec3efc548999f5fac9672bbce3b7cf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Ullrich <sullrich@pfsense.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:00:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Correctly convert a friendly interface name (DESCRIPTION) to
 the real interface id for optional interfaces

---
 etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
index f863f10f54..e5692b5a9c 100644
--- a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
@@ -505,7 +505,14 @@ function execute_command_return_output($command) {
  * convert_friendly_interface_to_real_interface_name($interface): convert WAN to FXP0
  */
 function convert_friendly_interface_to_real_interface_name($interface) {
-    return $config['interfaces'][$interface]['if'];
+    global $config;
+    if($interface == "lan") return $config['interfaces']['lan']['if'];
+    if($interface == "wan") return $config['interfaces']['lan']['if'];
+    foreach($config['interfaces'] as $int) {
+	if($int['descr'] == $interface)
+	    return $int['if'];
+    }
+    return;
 }
 
 /*