Re: Question: eth0 vs enp1s0 (second try)
On Wed 06 Jan 2016 at 13:56:57 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2016-01-02 16:21:11 +0000, Brian wrote:
> >
> > Move 70-persistent-net.rules somewhere and do
> >
> > rmmod -v <driver>
> >
> > followed by
> >
> > modprobe -v <driver>
> >
> > Repeat with 70-persistent-net.rules returned to /etc/udev/rules.d. Any
> > changes in 'ls /sys/class/net/'?
>
> Well, I want to keep eth0 on my laptop because I have things
> that depend on it. But what I was wondering is why I have
> wlp61s0 instead of wlan0, i.e. why a rule for wlan0 hadn't
> been added to 70-persistent-net.rules at that time.
Did the wireless interface name change using the above procedure?
Custom interface naming can be done with a file in /etc/udev/rules.d.
What is the content of yours? The udev README.Debian advises a prefix
between 75 and 80 for this file.
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