From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 10 18:15:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ruby.he.net (ruby.he.net [216.218.187.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 021E637B422 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:15:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from corten8.billschoolcraft.com (adsl-63-193-247-201.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.247.201]) by ruby.he.net (8.8.6/8.8.2) with ESMTP id SAA01599; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:15:35 -0700 Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:11:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Schoolcraft X-Sender: To: "Michael O'Henly" Cc: Subject: Re: Naming ethernet NICs In-Reply-To: <01041017553500.02141@pravda.tenzo.net> Message-ID: System-ID: [en] (I; SunOS 5.8 i86pc) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At Tue, 10 Apr 2001 it looks like Michael O'Henly composed: michae->On Tuesday 10 April 2001 14:50, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: michae-> michae->[...] michae-> michae->> .......... that is exactly why I stopped concentrating on Linux and michae->> moved over to Unix based OS's to get a broader scope of things. Not michae->> only are the NIC's named different, but the devices. michae-> michae->[...] michae-> michae->So if NICs are named on the basis of their type/driver, doesn't that mean a michae->lot of reconfiguring is needed if you should happen to replace a card with michae->something different? michae-> Yes, that is true. It is kinda simplified in Linux to a degree but you still have to set the "alias" in /etc/conf.modules or /etc/modules.conf, depending on what version of Linux you are using, here is mine on another box. alias eth0 3c509 alias eth1 eepro100 Which shows I have a 3com on eth0 and an Intel Pro on the second nic. This is exactly the "power" I was talking about of using different Unix's. You get a core feel of the Unix "engine" no matter what model your on. That same Intel Pro is called "iprb0" on this Solaris-8 (Intel) box I'm typing from, same card, just labeled differently. I was a Union Machinist less than two years ago, took a withdrawl from the Union and took a job in the Linux airspace and from being in a mechanical background my whole life I immediately saw people getting "LOCKED" into one type of machinery, or Unix OS as we apply it here. My feelings on this is "As long as it's FORWARD_SLASH, it OK with me!!" I may not be a top rated Solaris or FreeBSD or Linux Journeyman but I can hold my weight, or "tread water" in almost all the Unix oceans. :) -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 -o) San Francisco CA 94121 /\ "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v http://forwardslashunix.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message