nameif - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses

       Only works for Ethernet currently.

net-tools                                          2008-10-03                                          NAMEIF(8)

nameif  renames  network  interfaces  based  on mac addresses. When no arguments are given /etc/mactab is
       read. Each line  of it contains an interface name and  a  Ethernet  MAC  address.  Comments  are  allowed
       starting with #.  Otherwise the interfaces specified on the command line are processed.  nameif looks for
       the interface with the given MAC address and renames it to the name given.

       When the -s argument is given all error messages go to the syslog.

       When the -c argument is given with a file name that file is read instead of /etc/mactab.

       /etc/mactab

       nameif - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses

nameif should be run before the interface is up, otherwise it'll fail.

nameif[-cconfigfile][-s]nameif[-cconfigfile][-s]{interfacemacaddress}