From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 3 17:20:29 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA05292 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 17:20:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from speed.rcc.on.ca (radio163.mipps.net [205.189.197.163] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA05285 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 17:20:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oscentral@usa.net) Received: from a20.my.intranet ([207.164.233.98]) by speed.rcc.on.ca (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id VAA15630 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:30:35 -0500 From: Rod Taylor To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Network Cards Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:19:07 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.9] Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <99020320193400.08377@a20.my.intranet> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've often wondered this, but why is it that every network card has a different 'name'. xl0, rl0, vr0, ed0, etc. etc. etc I tried simlinking them to a common name (I have xl0, rl0, and ed0 active in my current machine). linked to eth0, eth1, eth2 (didn't work). However, it would be nice if they all had a common name to the end user.. Primarily, me.. Especially when you rip out one card, install another, then the name changes on you... -- Rod Taylor Proud Member of Team OS/2 User of FreeBSD & KDE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message