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+# Interface Names
+
+If you find the names of your interfaces have changed, this could be because
+your MAC addresses have changed.
+
+- For example, you have a VyOS VM with 4 Ethernet interfaces named
+ eth0, eth1, eth2 and eth3. Then, you migrate your VyOS VM to a different
+ host and find your interfaces now are eth4, eth5, eth6 and eth7.
+
+ One way to fix this issue **taking control of the MAC addresses** is:
+
+ Log into VyOS and run this command to display your interface settings.
+
+ ```none
+ show interfaces detail
+ ```
+
+ Take note of MAC addresses.
+
+ Now, in order to update a MAC address in the configuration, run this command
+ specifying the interface name and MAC address you want.
+
+ ```none
+ set interfaces ethernet eth0 hw-id 00:0c:29:da:a4:fe
+ ```
+
+ If it is a VM, go into the settings of the host and set the MAC address to
+ the settings found in the config.boot file. You can also set the MAC to
+ static if the host allows so.
+
+- Another example could be when cloning VyOS VMs in GNS3 and you get into the
+ same issue: interface names have changed.
+
+ And **a more generic way to fix it** is just deleting every MAC address at
+ the configuration file of the cloned machine. They will be correctly
+ regenerated automatically.