Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 06:01:52 -0500 From: Rod Taylor <oscentral@usa.net> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Cards Message-ID: <99020406025800.09173@a20.my.intranet> References: <36B9717C.EBDE13@newsguy.com>
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But then if I added another say ed0, it wouldn't get eth2 :) But yeah, I understand where you're going... >> 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... > >Suppose you have "xl" and "vr" in your computer. They are named eth0 >and eth1, respectively. You then replace your "vr" by a "ed". Mark >with an X the correct option: > >( ) the names for "vr" and "ed" will be eth0 and eth1, respectively. >( ) the names for "vr" and "ed" will be eth1 and eth0, respectively. >( ) none of the above > >Can you see what I'm getting at here? :-) > >The best solution would be hardwiring the names, but in that case it >doesn't matter what are the default names. > >-- >Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) >dcs@newsguy.com > > She just looked at him over the rotating pencil like, how slow can >a mammal be and still have respiratory functions? > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- 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
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