Learn how to – How To Change Network Interface names to eth0 schema on Debian 10/9

Learn how to – How To Change Network Interface names to eth0 schema on Debian 10/9.

Starting from Debian 9, the Network interface naming rules changed from ethxx to ensxx convention. This change was necessitated by the release of systemd/udev newer than v197. You can read more on Systemd Network device naming schemes.

Below is my current network configuration:

$ ip ad
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: ens5: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 52:54:00:6b:b7:3d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.121.52/24 brd 192.168.121.255 scope global dynamic ens5
       valid_lft 2747sec preferred_lft 2747sec
    inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe6b:b73d/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

If you’re obsessed with old naming, don’t despair since it can be changed. To switch to the old schema, add the following kernel parameters to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX variable in /etc/default/grub file.

$ sudo nano /etc/default/grub
......
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0"

See below screenshot

You need to update grub and reboot your system after making the change.

$ sudo update-grub
$ sudo reboot

Confirm your new network configuration.

$ ip ad
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 52:54:00:6b:b7:3d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.121.52/24 brd 192.168.121.255 scope global dynamic eth0
       valid_lft 3563sec preferred_lft 3563sec
    inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe6b:b73d/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

That’s how easy it is to change network naming convention to ethXX on Debian 10 (Buster) / Debian 9 (Stretch).

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