How many characters can a network interface name contain?

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Issue

  • How many characters can a network interface name contain?
  • What is the length limit of NIC renaming?
  • My long network device name is truncated or shortened to 15 characters.
  • What is IFNAMSIZ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Network Interfaces

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