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Re: Change interface name



On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 10:49:46PM -0700, Jeff wrote:
> I'd like to have it use wlan0 when it loads up instead of eth0 as the
> interface name, but I can't find how to do that.  My google searches
> haven't turned up anything that works and I haven't found anything
> searching the list archive.

get the iproute package for the "ip" command.

The ip command can replace all that ifconfig/route do and it does more.

Make sure the link is down 
this command should change the name.
	ip link set eth0 name wlan0



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