I have a LXLE 18.04 LTS and wlan adapter with name wlp7s0b1, which I'm not comfortable with.
Recommended by all /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules is not present in my installation, although udev is.
/lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules is successfully missing from my distribution and udevadm trigger --action=add doesn't change anything.
I successfully created a link: ln -s /lib/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules, but there was no list devices therefore did not help.
/etc/network/interfaces in my installation does not contain anything useful, as a netplan.
During my attempts to find at least something, I came across the output of the sudo udevadm info /sys/class/net/wlp7s0b1 command:
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.3/0000:07:00.0/bcma0:1/net/wlp7s0b1
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.3/0000:07:00.0/bcma0:1/net/wlp7s0b1
E: DEVTYPE=wlan
E: ID_BUS=pci
E: ID_MM_CANDIDATE=1
E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
E: ID_MODEL_ID=0x4727
E: ID_NET_NAME_MAC=wlx60d8190f1e84
E: ID_NET_NAME_PATH=wlp7s0b1
E: ID_OUI_FROM_DATABASE=Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.,Ltd.
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:07:00.0-bcma-1
E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_07_00_0-bcma-1
E: ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Network controller
E: ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Network controller
E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=Broadcom Limited
E: ID_VENDOR_ID=0x14e4
E: IFINDEX=3
E: INTERFACE=wlp7s0b1
E: SUBSYSTEM=net
E: SYSTEMD_ALIAS=/sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlp7s0b1
E: TAGS=:systemd:
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=37531623
In this output, I am very interested in pci-0000:07:00.0-bcma-1. I believe this can be used as a unique identifier instead of a MAC. I would not like to be tied to MAC, since it can be changed with utilities like macchanger, and then, probably, the old name can return. Or is there a binding to the permanent MAC embedded in the chip?
How do I permanently change the name of an interface based on its ID_PATH using udev? Is this renaming method correct?
