Quoting Chris Bannister (cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz): > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:22:58AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > Quoting Ric Moore (wayward4...@gmail.com): > > > > > From my own experience, if you replace a network card, udev will > > > automagically name it /dev/eth +1 so eth0 becomes eth1. I'm using > > > eth1 right now. Bugs the hell out of me but the network works, :) > > > > That's because you didn't clear the previous card's eth0 entry in > > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules before you booted up > > the new card. > > I think you can delete the file and it will get regenerated on boot. > Well, it used to be that way, probably best to save a copy first in case > it doesn't work that way any more.
I was being conservative. /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules may contain other information. I have an Acer laptop that for some reason names the wifi interface as another eth unless I keep a line in there. Cheers, David.
