Ubuntu 16.04 Complicated Interface Names

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to restore the simple interface names in Ubuntu 16.04. I.e. enp3s0 renamed to eth0.

• I have tried to modify the GRUB configuration. I have tried editing /etc/udev/rules.d/10-network.rules, but both methods did nothing for me. Help is greatly appreciated.

  /etc/udev/rules.d/10-network.rules: (I hid the mac address names.)

  SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX″,KERNEL=="enp0s0″, NAME="eth0″
  SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX″,KERNEL=="wlx02c5c1866772″, NAME="wlan0″
  

• And I changed this line in the GRUB configuration (/etc/default/grub) ...

  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
  

  to look like this:

  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=1"
  

Answer 1

Tested on VBox with Ubuntu 16.04, enp0s3 → eth0

Option 1:

1. Override udev rule

   sudo ln -s /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules
   

2. Update RAMDisk

   sudo update-initramfs -u
   

Option 2:

1. Create a systemd link file

   sudo vim /etc/systemd/network/10-eth.link
   

2. Let's define name related to MAC: (There are many options, see the linked reference)

   [Match]
   MACAddress=08:00:27:de:dd:4c
   
   [Link]
   Name=eth0
   

3. Update RAMDisk

   sudo update-initramfs -u
   

Option 3:

1. Add net.ifnames=0 to boot parameters

   GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash net.ifnames=0"
   

2. Update grub

   sudo update-grub
   

Reference: systemd: Predictable Network Interface Names, Thanks @mikewhatever .