Rename NIC name without YAST

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Hello all!
Server with 4 nic interfaces, OpenSuse 11.1. I want rename eth0 to wan1. I can use yast, but want to now, how did it from console.

ifconfig eth0 down

ip link set eth0 name wan1

ifconfig wan1 up

is work, but after reboot, eth0 still here.
if I rename /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 -> ifcfg-wan1 network did’n work, and I see new config in yast.
How I can currectly rename NIC name w/o yast?

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Hi,

check out the nameif command. man nameif from the command prompt.

hth
J

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thx,
I modified /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

SUBSYSTEM==“net”, ACTION==“add”, DRIVERS=="?", ATTR{address}==“00:15:1a:4f:1d:ff”, ATTR{type}==“1”, KERNEL=="eth", NAME=“wan1”
and it work after reboot