I don't know why udev renames the name of my network interface ---an item in /var/log/syslog : kernel: [ 6.949035] udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1 ---an iten in /etc/network/interfaces : auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual pre-up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE hw ether 00:11:5b:cf:fe:ce