Ok not sure what I am doing wrong here - there has to be a way to remove these unwanted nics.

So you can see info here

http://imgur.com/a/XNhO4

I have this in my config.php

// bad interfaces
$config['bad_if'][] = "NC-8100w";

I have gone into the database directly and marked the interfaces deleted.  But they just get readded, delete gets removed - see the event log in the above screenshots.

So I have turned off discovery for the device, and gone into the database and deleted the records of the intefaces.  Which works for a bit - but then they show up again.  This is a brother HL-3170cdw printer.. I don't know how I would delete the interface on the device directly.

How do I remove these wireless interfaces from what observium shows.  This printer will never use the wireless interfaces it has.  So how do I remove them from observium showing them?

You would think if I disable discovery of ports, and then delete them from the database they would never get put back.. But clearly they do - is there some step I am missing?

If you need any other info just please ask.

TIA