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Re: Question: eth0 vs enp1s0



On Tue 29 Dec 2015 at 19:34:43 +0100, Hans wrote:

> just a question about network names, which I do not understand.
> 
> I have two different computers, both are installed with the same versions of 
> debian packages. But one of it has enp1s0 as network interface name( my EEEPC 
> 1005HGO) , the other one the old eth0 scheme (my Aspire 7520G).
> 
> Both got 70-persistent-net-rules configured. 
> 
> Now I can not understand, why one of them is using enp1s0. Who is deciding the 
> name? I read the documentations and the blogs, but I did not understand, why 
> both machines are different.

Persistant name generation is enabled by default since udev 220-7 and
will be used on new installations or with new hardware. Existing
installations and hardware which get upgraded to udev 220-7 are covered
by the old 75-persistent-net-generator.rules and will keep their
interface names


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