alt Hacker Newshot take "predictable network names" should have been a kernel flag - give us all our eth0 in peace. i shouldn't need to set a flag to get back a default feature.
just what i needed to do: configure ens328452356aflhjdslhfda to get my network going.
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ChocolateGod • today at 11:40 AM
> hot take "predictable network names" should have been a kernel flag - give us all our eth0 in peace. i shouldn't need to set a flag to get back a default feature.
No, because the feature being on by default does nothing but make your interface names longer, but being off can be the difference between a restarted server having or not having network access because of undocumented behaviour with it's firmware causing the network interfaces to come up in different orders.
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ln -s /dev/null /etc/systemd/network/99-default.link Or net.ifnames=0 Take your pick...