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From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
Subject: Re: Frametypes (was: Re: Netware client for FreeBSD)
Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>
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On 16-Nov-98 Matthew N. Dodd wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
>> Well there has to be a nice idea how to solve it. Most likely as an
>> extension to rc.conf to the interfaces.
> 
> How about something like this:
> 
> ed0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>       frame 0: Ethernet_II
>           inet 10.0.1.60 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255
>         ipx d3343.e8c4a06f
>       frame 1: Ethernet_802.2
>         inet 10.5.1.20 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.5.1.255
>         ipx dead3.beef0000         
>       ether 00:00:e8:c4:a0:6f
> 
> ifconfig ed0 frame 2 ethernet_802.3
> 
> By default, the first frame type allocated would be Ethernet_II (no
> changes would be required for existing systems; ifconfig ed0 inet ...
> would work as normal.)

In my opinion that would be great, and simple to extend to the ifconfig source
afaik.

Simple, elegant and workable ;)

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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai
asmodai(at)wxs.nl                   |  Cum angelis et pueris,
Junior Network/Security Specialist  |  fideles inveniamur
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