Sharon Kimble wrote: ... > Due to a hard-drive failure I've had to install Debian 9 and I've got a > peculiar problem. > > My wired connection is showing as 'eno1' instead of the unexpected > 'eth0', which means that my 'vnstat' is failing to record my network > traffic. So how do I change its name please? I've googled but haven't > found any workable solution for the problem.
find the MAC address for the device and adjust: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to fit. e.g. SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="01:02:03:04:05:06", NAME="eth0" songbird