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My main ethernet interface is called enp2s0, but some software requires me to name it to eth0.


How can I rename it?


I tried creating /etc/udev/rules.d/10-rename-network.rules (as per this post), creating /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rule and editing /etc/network/interfaces.


The contents of /etc/udev/rules.d/10-rename-network.rules were:


SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff", NAME="eth0"

with ff:ff...:ff replaced with the mac address of enp2s0.


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Using netplan which is the default these days.
File /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml file.


Find the target devices mac/hw address using the lshw command:


lshw -C network

You'll see some output which looks like:


root@ys:/etc# lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: eth0
serial: dc:a6:32:e8:23:19
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
capabilities: ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=bcmgenet driverversion=5.8.0-1015-raspi duplex=full ip=192.168.0.112 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s

So then you take the serial


dc:a6:32:e8:23:19

Note the set-name option.


This works for the wifi section as well.


network:
version: 2
ethernets:
eth0:
dhcp4: true
match:
macaddress: <YOUR MAC ID HERE>
set-name: eth0

Then then to test this config run.


netplan try

When your happy with it


netplan apply

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