On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 2:56:55 PM EDT Brian wrote: > On Wed 01 Aug 2018 at 19:57:32 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > Le 01/08/2018 à 19:32, Brian a écrit : > > > On Wed 01 Aug 2018 at 12:00:41 -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > > In the past, I referred to each NIC as eth0, eth1,..... but now, > > > > these names are not permanent, and the designation can change on > > > > boot. I looked at the "Network Coinfiguration" document which didn't > > > > have a solution. So, either how do I make the names for the NICs > > > > permanent or what do I use fot the names of the NICs? > > > > > > Starting with v197, systemd/udev will automatically assign predictable, > > > stable network interface names for all local Ethernet devices. jessie > > > has udev v215. jessie-backports has v230. > > > > Jessie still has the old persistent naming scheme using > > /lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules and > > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules by default, and the new > > predictable naming scheme is disabled (net.ifnames=0). The new predictable > > naming scheme has been enabled by default only since Stretch. > > Enable it, then. > > Delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-network.rules and put > net.ifnames=1 on the kernel command line when booting.
Thanks everyone for pointing me in the right direction. This should all work its way out now. Mark
