Re: udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:16:12 +0800, Guo Jiahua wrote:

> 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

Probably because you changed the mac address. Original eth0 remains with 
the original HW address and the "faked" one is detected as a new device 
(eth1).

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón