diff --git a/docs/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames.moin b/docs/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames.moin index 80dd6544ec..cefd166cec 100644 --- a/docs/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames.moin +++ b/docs/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames.moin @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ With this new scheme you now get: * The same on all distributions that adopted systemd/udev * It's easy to opt out of the scheme (see below) +Does this have any drawbacks? Yes, it does. Previously it was practically guaranteed that hosts equipped with a single ethernet card only had a single "eth0" interface. An administrator now has to check first what the local interface name is before he can invoke commands on it where previously he had a good chance that "eth0" was the right name. + == I don't like this, how do I disable this? == You basically have three options: