Ubuntu 16.04 update network interface names

Edit your /etc/default/grub changing the line from

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=””

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0″

and, finally run as root:

$ sudo update-grub

and reboot your system.

$ sudo reboot

[email protected]:~$ ifconfig 
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 70:5a:0f:d7:03:38  
          inet addr:10.67.10.43  Bcast:10.67.10.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::8c03:edb5:a3d1:ba21/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:63129 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:37788 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:51115719 (51.1 MB)  TX bytes:5006758 (5.0 MB)
          Interrupt:16 Memory:f1200000-f1220000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:255 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:255 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1 
          RX bytes:21076 (21.0 KB)  TX bytes:21076 (21.0 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 44:85:00:62:c6:e5  
          inet addr:10.67.14.106  Bcast:10.67.14.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::5844:f9dd:32ff:9b45/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:86 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:5320 (5.3 KB)  TX bytes:14611 (14.6 KB)