q3k Jun 21, 2024

Systemd predictable network interface names are awesome.

Not only I get easy to remember names like enp2s0f0u7u3c2 but I _also_ get to experience a machine not coming back up after reboot because a new (non-NIC!) PCIe card caused existing names to shuffle around.

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@q3k I've been bitten by that too many times, so now I assign names myself.
That also bit me once, cause a kernel update somehow cause my NIC to change MAC address...
You can disable it with ln -s /dev/null /etc/systemd/network/99-default.link
Or create .link files that would assign names using MAC or device path (for example Path=pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:2.2:1.0)
Jun 21, 2024 at 11:21amWeb