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Re: Predictable Network Interface Names



On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 05:55:11PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> For most consumer sytems the interface name matters not one bit, because
> it's auto-discovered on install, will never change, and there's little
> likelihood that another interface will be added.

It's like you haven't even read this thread.

Predictable interface names *do* sometimes change.  And when that happens,
it's a huge deal, because all of the configuration files are set up for
the old name.  Things break, in an extremely visible way.

This is not some theoretical issue.  This is real.


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