On Aug 08, "brian m. carlson" <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:
> Previously, my WiMAX device was named something like wmx0. Now, it > appears it's been renamed to enx<MAC Address>. First of all, the name > has changed from what it used to be, and now I have to check that it's > not broken anything. There wasn't supposed to be a naming change for > people with the persistent-net rules in place. Indeed: what was the content of your 70-persistent-net.rules file? I suspect that persistent naming just never worked for you for this interface. > Secondly, this is not an Ethernet device, so en is not correct (it > should be ww). The device is on the USB bus (using the driver > i2400m-usb). I do not think that such a distinction is relevant here. > For an example why this matters, think firewall rules: while I might > legitimately want to SSH into my laptop over Ethernet or WiFi (e.g. from > my phone when I'm in the other room), there's no reason I would want > arbitrary people on the Internet (WiMAX) to SSH in. Of course, I have > appropriate security measures in place, but I'd still want to firewall > incoming WiMAX connections, and using an appropriate naming scheme makes > that possible. You can still manually set any persistent name you like. -- ciao, Marco
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