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proceeding, and be sure to use that <literal>NAME</literal> value when
creating your network configuration files.</para>
+ <para>Even if the custom udev rule file is created, udev may still
+ assign one or more alternative names for a NIC based on physical
+ characteristics. If a custom udev rule would rename another NIC using
+ a name already assigned as an alternative name of another NIC, this
+ udev rule will fail. If this issue happens, you may create the
+ <filename>/etc/udev/network/99-default.link</filename> configuration
+ file with an empty alternative assignment policy, overriding the
+ default configuration file
+ <filename>/usr/lib/udev/network/99-default.link</filename>:</para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>sed -e '/^AlternativeNamesPolicy/s/=.*$/=/' \
+ -i /usr/lib/udev/network/99-default.link \
+ > /etc/udev/network/99-default.link</userinput></screen>
</sect3>
</sect2>