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 majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
