Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:19:32 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> Subject: Re: Desired behaviour of "ifconfig -alias" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1070211005326.16487A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <200702101315.26888.lofi@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Saturday, 10. February 2007 12:17, JoaoBR wrote: > > On Saturday 10 February 2007 01:54, Ian Smith wrote: > > > Secondly, pardon my ignorance, but what does 'NS' refer to here? That > > > string / term occurs nowhere else in ifconfig(8). > > > > nameserver > > I think this actually refers to XNS. You can tell that manpage has quite a > history. If that's right, indeed it does. Google took me to the Early Adopter's Guide to FreeBSD 5.1 where XNS was reported dropped, and to a Cisco XNS introductory page, as my punishment for asking more than one question! Thanks, Ian
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