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no eth0 but ifcfg-enp2s0

hi guys,

on my centos 7 machine i was looking for

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg.eth0 file

but there is only ifcfg-enp2s0

what is enp2s0? thought i had a standard ethernet card

You might want to have a look at this: https://esuareznotes.wordpress.com/2...dora-19-above/

They have changed the naming convention. If you want to switch back to traditional naming convention you can follow the link.

thats grand...if its just naming convention i will get used to it...tanks!!!

You're welcome. Please mark the thread as solved!

Enjoy Linux!!!

We may all need to learn this BSD way of naming sooner or later. Good question.

Previously I was also using the same technique T3RM1NVT0R has suggested. But one of my senior suggested, the better way is to rename only the interface you want to... So I follow this trick..

Code:

# vim /etc/udev/rules.d/10-network.rules

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

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy", NAME="eth1"



# mv /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enpXxX /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

# mv /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enpYyY /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

Replace enpXxX with eth0 in ifcfg-eth0 file. Same for eth1 also

and finally reboot. Done.