Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 22:26:36 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@tenzo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Naming ethernet NICs Message-ID: <20010410222635.E8173@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <01041014173602.01788@pravda.tenzo.net> References: <01041014173602.01788@pravda.tenzo.net>
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Michael O'Henly wrote: > In Linux, my two NICs were referred to (always) as eth0 and eth1. In FreeBSD, > they're called rl0 and xl0. These names seem to relate to the driver (i.e., > rl0 is a Realtek 1839). > > Is this actually the case or am I misunderstanding something? Are there > occasions when you'd refer to them in a more abstract way -- e.g., eth0/1? You are quite correct, and no, names like eth<number> are never used in FreeBSD. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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