Pi remembers my mistakes

[iplaywithtoys]

@LilRedDog

'remembers' the network names

That wording triggered a vague memory, which prompted me to search.

This might be interesting, relevant, and/or helpful:

Stable network interface names for USB Ethernet Dongles

Hi all, Working with a Raspberry Pi 4 and need minimum 3 ethernet, 2 for WAN and 1 for switch. Would prefer 4 so I can always have one available for direct PC connect. The problem I face is OPENWRT does not always assign the same dongle to the same ETHx. So after reboot, I may find my switch connected dongle assigned to WAN, WANb assigned to WAN. There seems to be randomness here. Found this article https://www.freva.com/2019/06/20/assign-fixed-usb-port-names-to-your-raspberry-pi/ but seems w…

Naming 2 usb nics on raspberry pi 4

Hi, I am currently running OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r14365-46abcb3ade / LuCI Master git-20.246.48839-82d4384 on a raspberry pi 4. I am using mwan3 as fail over between a cable connection and a 4g router and it works I was wondering how do I name my USB Ethernet nics. They are the same brand and same driver (trendet usb 3.0 gigabit ethernet, kmod-usb-net-asix-ax88179). I need the main connection to be named eth1 and the 4g backup as eth2 every time it reboots. I am using the onboard eth…