how to rename p5p1 + wlan0 to wlan0

English Network/Internet
#1

Hi all,:slight_smile:

please how to rename p5p1 to eth0
and rename wlan0 to eth0

my system opensuse 13.1 kde

http://im66.gulfup.com/j9VjY5.png

#2

You can rename interfaces in YaST->Network Devices->Network Settings. Select the appropriate device, click on “Edit”, switch to the “Hardware” tab and change the name there.

But why would you want to rename wlan0 to eth0?
I’d rather think that p5p1 would be the wired ethernet connection.

Please post the output of “iwconfig”.

Well, YaST would show you the hardware type anyway, not just some device name like “wlan0” or “p5p1”.

#3

I do not know why you want to change that (you do not tell anything), but please take into account that stubbornly keeping to things of old, at some time will struck back. Most probably at a moment in the future you can’t afford to have problems.

#4

thank you :slight_smile:
i need rename “wlan0” to “th0” for run autodesk maya

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=296748

Run the command ‘ifconfig’ in the terminal, this will list your network devices. If the devices have names like p3p1 instead of eth0, then carry on with this step. Otherwise skip to step 4.

This is the clincher, if you don’t do this step your install will fail! Run the following as root:
Code:
yum remove biosdevname
ln -s /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules
This will disable the Consistent Network Device Naming (CNDN) feature introduced in F15 which will confuse the Maya activation program and stop you from using Maya.
In plain english, this will basically rename your network devices from something like p3p1 to eth0 http://forums.fedoraforum.org//forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Once you’ve run the commands, reboot and check that your devices are now named sanely by running ‘ifconfig’ again. You should see a couple of devices with names like wlan0 and eth0.

linux-g1df:/home/max # iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"Afaqshamel111"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: B4:82:FE:F4:11:4C   
          Bit Rate=36 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=44/70  Signal level=-66 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:74  Invalid misc:287   Missed beacon:0
#5

thanks

i need rename “wlan0” to “th0” for run autodesk maya :wink:

#6

Are you sure?
I don’t think that Maya will require eth0 for the activation. If it does it’s really badly programmed.

If I understand that forum post correctly it will just get confused by names like “p5p1”.
It should be fine if you have eth0 for your ethernet and wlan0 for your wireless.

Have you tried it already with your current config without renaming wlan0 to eth0?

linux-g1df:/home/max # iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:“Afaqshamel111”
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: B4:82:FE:F4:11:4C
Bit Rate=36 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=44/70 Signal level=-66 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:74 Invalid misc:287 Missed beacon:0

Well, as I said.
eth0 is your (wired) ethernet, wlan0 is your wireless, as it should be.
Again, it doesn’t make sense to rename wlan0 to eth0, and it might break other things.