Quoting Renaud OLGIATI (ren...@olgiati-in-paraguay.org): > On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:28:05 -0400 > Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote: > > > > I've just done a fresh minimal install of Debian Stretch, and noticed > > > something odd. In ifconfig and iwconfig, all of my adapters have weird > > > names, like "ens2" instead of "eth0". > > > > Can anyone tell me why this is? I tried to look it up online but > > > couldn't find anyone else with the same issue. This is my first time > > > running a Debian testing, is this a normal thing that occurs before a > > > full release, or is this just a bug/misconfiguration on my end? > > > This is part of the change to systemd and the new network startup. > > An added advantage is that on the day you replace your Ethernet NIC > because it was fried by lightning, and put a new one in its stead, your > network config will be buggered as the system will givethe new NICt > a name different from the one assigned to the old one, since it will have > a different MAC address..,
Er, according to the same web page, policy 4 (MAC address) is not used by default and is skipped when selecting fallbacks, so if you want this behaviour you appear to have to configure it yourself. Cheers, David.
