[justinsaccount]

Are you talking about things like eno16777736 ? it's a vmware issue...

http://serverfault.com/questions/636621/why-is-my-eth0-calle...

[HorizonXP]

Yes, precisely. The comment below identified one of 3 possible routes to turn off the naming, one of which I'm using (net.ifnames=0 in the kernel config).

If I could find a better way to match the interfaces, it would be fantastic.