Following workaround if only one card of this type is installed. File /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", SYSFS{vendor}=="0x10ec", SYSFS{device}=="0x8167", NAME="eth0"
The card is always eth0 with every MAC address, even with the wrong. File /etc/network/interfaces # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 10.0.0.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255 hwaddress ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx <---- original hw mac address -- [r8169] mac addres lost https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/165052 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs