# Persistent interface names

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/persistent-interface-names/444>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Created:** [December 13, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/persistent-interface-names/444 "2016-12-13T18:34:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![mtwomey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mtwomey](https://forums.balena.io/u/mtwomey)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/persistent-interface-names/444/5 "2016-12-14T02:14:14Z")

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Yeah, it’s fine if they’re different across devices - just so long as they’re consistent between boots.

Now-a-days, this is actually almost a universal feature in most full-bodied linux distros (accomplishing it through one of several ways). It just usually goes unnoticed (as your typical linux system has a single network interface, or a lan link + wifi at most). Having a career in networking, I definitely notice 🙂 (having spend a good amount of time with systems running many interfaces).

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