Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 09:35:51 -0600 From: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> To: michael@tenzo.com, "michael@tenzo.com" <michael@tenzo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Naming ethernet NICs Message-ID: <SAK.2001.04.11.sgopqffq@support10>
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On 04/11/2001 7:56:32 AM, Michael O'Henly is quoted as saying: . . . .|On Wednesday 11 April 2001 06:10, Michael Nottebrock wrote: . . . .| . . . .|[...] . . . .| . . . .|> One disadvantage of the BSD-type naming convention is that one does . . . .|> end up putting rl0's, ed0's and the like into config-files or batches, . . . .|> which have to be changed if the hardware changes, for example a . . . .|> '/usr/local/sbin/dhcpd dc0' in /etc/rc.local or a 'set device . . . .|> PPPoE:rl0' in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf, or (the most annoying) if you happen . . . .|> to have lots of 'via <interface>' statements in your ipfw ruleset. . . . .| . . . .|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. Would it not be possible to just create links from like /dev/eth0 to /dev/rl0 ? If hardware changes, just change the link. . . . .| . . . .|M. . . . .| . . . .|-- . . . .|Michael O'Henly . . . .|TENZO Design . . . .| . . . .|To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org . . . .|with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message www.nul.cjb.net www.FreeBSD.org _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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