From owner-freebsd-net Wed Jan 3 8:45: 4 2001 From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 08:45:00 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9326937B400 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 08:45:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14Dr7Z-0000LZ-00; Wed, 03 Jan 2001 09:50:42 -0700 Sender: wes@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <3A535861.FF2CFDCD@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 09:50:41 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "C. Stephen Gunn" Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with VLAN and natd. References: <200101030442.XAA66745@tsunami.waterspout.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "C. Stephen Gunn" wrote: > > On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 10:23:23 MST, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > Well.. It's a change to ifconfig for normal interface configuraton. > > > > No, what I'm saying is that ifconfig would look exactly like it does now > > for standard IP-over-EthII and for vlan id, and would be extended to handle > > other configurations not currently supported like SNAP, or SNAP + VLAN. > > > > > I also wasn't aware that ifconfig handles netgraph node creation, > > > I thought you (currently) used ngctl or libnetgraph for that. > > > > It doesn't now, but it's only software. > > We're on the same page. I was just observing that it was a software change > to ifconfig. We're teaching it tricks about creating/associating netgraph > nodes with interfaces. Not just configuring interfaces. That *is* configuring interfaces, you're just using a new mechanism to do it. ifconfig fxp0 192.168.42.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 encap snap > I'm not saying > that it's wrong, I'm just advocating planning, thought, and most importantly > coordination with the other BSDs when possible. Given their lack of netgraph, and apparent reluctance to implement it, that doesn't seem much of a problem at this time. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message