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Line 12: ifrename allows to rename wireless network interfaces based on various static criteria to assign a consistent name to each interface. By default, interface names are dynamic, and each [[network card\|network adapter]] is assigned the first available name (eth0, eth1...) while the order network interfaces are created may vary. Now ifrename allows the user to decide what name a network interface will have. It can use a variety of selectors toto06:31, to15 July 2008 (UTC)06:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)~~ match interface names to the network interfaces on the system, the most common selector is the interface [[MAC address]]. ifrename must be run before interfaces are brought up, which is why it's mostly useful in various scripts ([[init]], [[hotplug]]) but is seldom used directly by the user. By default it renames all present system interfaces using mappings defined in /etc/iftab.

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