# - ========== # - How to rename network interface back to eth* (instead of i.e. enp0sXX) # - ========== Solutions: ========== 1.) Add 'net.ifnames=0' to parameter 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX' at /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="aufs=tmpfs console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n8 reboot=bios net.ifnames=0" 2.) (not tested!) Create a file /etc/systemd/network/10-eth.link with the contents [Match] MACAddress=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [Link] Name=eth0 replacing ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff with the MAC address of the device you wanted to change. After reboot the name was as desired.