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[ # ] eth0 eth1, NIC naming changes
September 2nd, 2010 under Linux

With Linux the naming of the NIC’s isn’t fixed. So it might be that it changes after every reboot.

With udev rules  one can fix the naming based on the MAC address of the NICs.

With ArchLinux simple add a file exp 10-network.rules containing text as follows

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SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="00:30:4f:1c:ec:5f", NAME="eth0"<br />
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="00:30:48:9c:63:26", NAME="eth1"<br />
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="00:30:4e:9c:21:17", NAME="eth2"<br />
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SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="00:30:4f:1c:ec:5f", NAME="eth0"<br />
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="00:30:48:9c:63:26", NAME="eth1"<br />
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="00:30:4e:9c:21:17", NAME="eth2"<br />

to the /etc/udev/rules.d directory.

IMPORTANT: Make sure the letters in the MAC address are lower case.