my udev-rule: # cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-network.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64", NAME="wwan0" What I get: # lsusb Bus 001 Device 043: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard # lsmod Module Size Used by qmi_wwan 6931 0 cdc_wdm 8744 1 qmi_wwan option 26697 0 usb_wwan 6886 1 option cdc_ncm 9365 0 usbserial 23426 2 option,usb_wwan usbnet 19268 2 qmi_wwan,cdc_ncm crc32c_intel 13975 0 i2c_i801 8765 0 btusb 11699 0 # dmesg [22590.544358] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 40 using ehci-pci [22590.673777] scsi74 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0 [22590.674803] scsi75 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.1 [22591.389956] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 40 [22591.594997] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 41 using ehci-pci [22591.683754] scsi76 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2 [22591.684223] scsi77 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.3 [22591.689635] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial [22591.689803] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic [22591.689960] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic [22591.691066] usbcore: registered new interface driver option [22591.691159] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port) [22591.691162] usb 1-1.1: MAC-Address: 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64 [22591.692096] cdc_ncm 1-1.1:1.1 wwan0: register 'cdc_ncm' at usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64 [22591.692147] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm [22591.692674] option 1-1.1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [22591.692823] usb 1-1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [22592.685651] scsi 76:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [22592.685673] scsi 77:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI TF CARD Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [22592.689637] sr1: scsi-1 drive [22592.690530] sr 76:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 [22592.701874] sd 77:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [22627.149043] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm [22627.151412] usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan [22749.903886] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 41 [22749.904440] option1 ttyUSB0: GSM modem (1-port) converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0 [22749.904556] option 1-1.1:1.0: device disconnected [22749.904779] cdc_ncm 1-1.1:1.1 wwan0: unregister 'cdc_ncm' usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1, Mobile Broadband Network Device [22749.917266] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:1a.0\x2dusb\x2d0:1.1:1.3\x2dscsi\x2d0:0:0:0.device [22749.917275] systemd[1]: Collecting sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1a.0-usb1-1\x2d1-1\x2d1.1-1\x2d1.1:1.1-net-wwan0.device [22749.917281] systemd[1]: Collecting sys-subsystem-net-devices-wwan0.device [22749.917288] systemd[1]: Collecting sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1a.0-usb1-1\x2d1-1\x2d1.1-1\x2d1.1:1.2-host76-target76:0:0-76:0:0:0-block-sr1.device [22749.917294] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-sr1.device [22749.917301] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-disk-by\x2did-usb\x2dHUAWEI_Mass_Storage\x2d0:0.device [22749.917307] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-disk-by\x2dlabel-Mobile\x5cx20Partner.device [22749.917314] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:1a.0\x2dusb\x2d0:1.1:1.2\x2dscsi\x2d0:0:0:0.device [22749.917321] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-disk-by\x2duuid-2012\x2d08\x2d20\x2d10\x2d00\x2d00\x2d00.device [22749.917327] systemd[1]: Collecting sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1a.0-usb1-1\x2d1-1\x2d1.1-1\x2d1.1:1.0-ttyUSB0-tty-ttyUSB0.device [22749.917333] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-ttyUSB0.device [22749.917340] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-serial-by\x2did-usb\x2dHUAWEI_Technology_HUAWEI_Mobile\x2dif00\x2dport0.device [22749.917347] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-serial-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:1a.0\x2dusb\x2d0:1.1:1.0\x2dport0.device [22764.654002] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 42 using ehci-pci [22764.783891] scsi78 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0 [22764.784457] scsi79 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.1 [22765.499601] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 42 [22765.677723] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 43 using ehci-pci [22765.766646] option 1-1.1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [22765.767012] usb 1-1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [22765.768979] usb 1-1.1: MAC-Address: 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64 [22765.769603] cdc_ncm 1-1.1:1.1 wwan0: register 'cdc_ncm' at usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64 [22765.769961] scsi80 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2 [22765.770692] scsi81 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.3 [22766.772145] scsi 81:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI TF CARD Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [22766.772174] scsi 80:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [22766.776568] sr1: scsi-1 drive [22766.778814] sd 81:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [22766.782259] sr 80:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 No /dev/cdc* created. Stefan