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'''Consistent Network Device Naming''' is a convention for naming [[Ethernet]] adapters in [[Linux]].

It was created around 2009 to replace the old standard ethX which caused problems on [[Multihoming|multihomed]] machines because the [[network interface controller]]s (NICs) would getbe named based on the order in which they were found by the kernel as it booted. Adding new interfaces could cause the previously added ones to change names.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Network Device Naming mechanism and policy |date= October 9, 2009 |author= Matt Domsch |work= LWN |publisher= Eklektix, Inc |url= http://lwn.net/Articles/356900/ |accessdate= May 27, 2013 }}</ref>

==Scheme==