Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:49:30 -0400 From: lists <lists@vivdev.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Naming ethernet NICs Message-ID: <v04003a01b6fad616a56a@[192.168.1.100]>
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>Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:38:10 -0400 >To: michael@tenzo.com >From: lists <lists@vivdev.com> >Subject: Re: Naming ethernet NICs >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >Michael wrote: > >>Yes, this is what I meant. The reason I raised the questions is that I'm >>configuring a simple firewall for my home network and so far I've >>"hardcoded" >>NIC names in three or four different places. Presumably if I ever replaced a >>NIC with a different type/driver, I'd have to rediscover all the places I'd >>used the old name. >> a newestbie asks: I saw earlier in this thread someone giving an example aliasing the names - why not just put in aliases in the configuration, then you just have to change the alias mapping when you change hardware? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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