MBP ethernet (built in) 2 ???

I have a brandnew MBP and use its airport connection for internet. Yesterday I also installed Boot Camp 1.4 (Win XP SP2) with some success and also managed to connect to the internet, first directly via built in ethernet and today via airport. That's fine so far.
Today, while being connected to internet via airport, I observe a strange entry in my Network status view: "ethernet (built in) 2 is active with IP number xxx and connected to the internet" this having a green light, and airport saying "connected to netwok yyy and not connected to the internet" with a yellow light, despite the fact that I AM CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET VIA AIRPORT. In the Network Port Configurations view Ethernet (built in) 2 is an entry but grayed out and impossible to deactivate.
Can it be that WinXPn Boot Camp scrambled something in my network and system settings?

Hi,
since Boot Camp does nothing else but repartition your drive and let you install Windows it can't be related to your problem. Whatever you do on the Windows side should usually stay there. Did you install any virtualization software? I know that Parallels Desktop adds 2 virtual ethernet adaptors, but they are called something with "Parallels" in the name.
I would try to delete the unwanted interface and reboot. I also have the new MBP and by default there's only 4 interfaces: AirPort, Ethernet (built-in), Bluetooth, FireWire (built-in). If OS X detects a new one it tells you so when you open System Prefs/Network the next time.
Hope this helps!
Björn

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