Change network interface name in persistent way on Android

Asked Mar 09 '22 at 10:01

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Is it possible to change the name of a network interface in an Android 11 rooted system making the change persistent? I am not looking for just renaming the interface after the boot, I want to change the kernel provided interface name, so that this change is persistent after reboots.

In my specific case, I want to rename an USB interface that should be assigned an IP address; the interface name is usb0 and I want to call it eth0.

# ip link sh
...
usb0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:11:22:aa:bb:cc brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

edited Mar 09 '22 at 11:04

asked Mar 09 '22 at 10:01

EM90

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Does this answer your question? How to make Ethernet work on Android over OTG? – alecxs Mar 09 '22 at 11:11
Well, I'm writing precisely because I cannot understand the step in which the task that I need is performed in that link... – EM90 Mar 09 '22 at 11:13
okay good luck.. – alecxs Mar 09 '22 at 11:13

Change network interface name in persistent way on Android

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