From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 12 20:28:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtppop1pub.verizon.net (smtppop1pub.gte.net [206.46.170.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BCA537B443 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:28:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from res03db2@gte.net) Received: from gte.net (evrtwa1-ar4-4-34-145-186.dsl.gtei.net [4.34.145.186]) by smtppop1pub.verizon.net with ESMTP ; id WAA89569381 Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:21:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from res03db2@localhost) by gte.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA34555; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:30:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from res03db2@gte.net) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:30:33 -0700 From: Robert Clark To: lists Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Naming ethernet NICs Message-ID: <20010412203033.A34524@darkstar.gte.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from lists@vivdev.com on Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 11:49:30PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I asked about the possibility of using logical naming as opposed to naming the network cards after their drivers. I received responses both pro and con. When and if I have time to work on something like that, and after I've aquired sufficient skills to make it do-able, it would be a neat project. [RC] On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 11:49:30PM -0400, lists wrote: > >Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:38:10 -0400 > >To: michael@tenzo.com > >From: lists > >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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message