Kevin Ross Kevin@FamilyRoss.net wrote:
Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to change the name of the
device. Edit /etc/network/interfaces to change its configuration (IP
address, DHCP or static, etc). The names must match in both files.
I will try this and report the results.
When I first tried changing the interface, I edited
/etc/network/interfaces as I described and removed the
file /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net-rules, and then rebooted. The
latter file was recreated during the boot process, by some script invoked
by some other script invoked by .... This is where I get lost. I don't
know where those programs found the old eth0 information to put in the
new rules file that was created.
But I will try writing a new rules file; maybe that will work.
Is there some set of services I can restart instead of doing a full reboot
to update the network interface?