Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:47:02 -0500 From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net>, michael@tenzo.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Naming ethernet NICs Message-ID: <20010418114702.B68096@cec.wustl.edu> In-Reply-To: <006801c0c7d6$d5ff9700$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:11:49AM -0700 References: <20010417215639.A54277@darkstar.gte.net> <006801c0c7d6$d5ff9700$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:11:49AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > No, that's not what I meant. Note that in that post I > never said that I _didn't like_ having to test each port. :-) > > What I was merely point out is that the original poster was > saying that the "eth0, eth1, eth2..." way of doing things is > superior, and I was just responding that "no, it has problems > too, such as matching up ports to nics" then following it > with an example of ed0, ed1, ed2... I figured that the poster > would be able to grasp that there's no difference between > eth0, eth1, eth2,,, and ed0, ed1, ed2,,, for what he seemed > to think was desirable behavior for having everything named > the same. > > As a matter of fact, I actually don't advocate using different > NICS in routers, because if they are all the same then you > can make a custom compiled kernel a little smaller since you > only have to include 1 nic driver in it. I actually keep different NICs in my router. The extra space used is trivial; PicoBSD still fits on a single floppy. The reason isn't technical, it's just so that I can remember what NIC is what. I touch the box less often than every month, and I don't remember if it's ed1 or ed0 that is connected to my cable modem. But I do remember that dc0 is connected to my hub, which means ed0 must be connected to my cable modem. -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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