On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Archie Cobbs wrote: > Harlan Stenn writes: > > > Also the eth[0..x] thing means you can replace your ethernet card with a > > > new one of a different type without having to look through your config > > > code for references to ed0 or whatever. > > > > Just to ask, what happens when the probe order changes and your multiple > > NICs start popping up on the wrong eth port? > > It wouldn't be based on probe order, unless you wanted it to be > fully automatic (read: newbies). The rest of us would use an explict > rc.network (or whatever) configuration that linked up specific > ethernet drivers with interfaces. > > I think Solaris (?) requires you to do this, it's called "plumbing > your interfaces" or something (according to Julian).
please god no... i spent a long while figuring that out the first time i played with a solaris box, it's NOT intuative. i like the idea of aliases and wiring aliases to real names: xl0 -> eth0 fxp0 -> eth1 ... thanks, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
