From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 3 17:55:23 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA10193 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 17:55:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bright.fx.genx.net (bright.fx.genx.net [206.64.4.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA10179 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 17:55:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by bright.fx.genx.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA09674; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:59:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:59:38 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: Rod Taylor cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Cards In-Reply-To: <99020320193400.08377@a20.my.intranet> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Rod Taylor wrote: > 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). look at /etc/rc* , try to formulate something like rc.conf where you define internet interfaces like: eth0 = "xl0" look at rc.firewall for better examples. > 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... ifconfig -a Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 4.0-current To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message