On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 06:59:50PM -0600, William Hubbs wrote: > You make some good points. I'll answer your questions as best as I can, > but we can consider this thread closed. I will not try to put the > virtual in, but I will come back to the list soon and start another > thread. > > In a nutshell, our networking is a beast, and we should try to simplify > it some how imo. I'll write out my thoughts about that when I start the > other thread. > > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:24:10AM -0600, mingdao wrote: > > (1) What is "the new network stack" provided by the newnet USE flag? > > That consists of the network and staticroute scripts which are part of > OpenRC. The network script sets up interfaces and configures static > addresses only; it will allow you to run any command at any point in the > process of doing this. What some people on Gentoo do not like about it > is it is all or nothing. You can't start/stop/depend on a single > interface. > > The staticroute script is used to configure multiple static routes once > the network script has set up the static addresses. > > > (2) Why is dhcpcd referred to as a "network manager" in the same context as > > wicd, networkmanager, connman, etc? In the sense that dhcpcd is not > > sufficient > > for security protected wireless alone, as is, say, wicd; and is not a > > replacement for true "network manager" apps. DHCP client != network manager > > app > > This is a good point, so I will drop putting dhcpcd on the list. > > > (3) Is udhcpc provided by busybox not sufficient in lieu of dhcpcd for > > stage3? > > I think udhcpc is what you get in stage 3; if dhcpcd is there, I have no > idea how it is getting there. > > William
Thanks for your kind reply, William. I'm a networking n00b, but felt those questions might benefit others, also. For (3) it seemed as if some people were saying dhcpcd is in stage 3 and they didn't want it dropped. I have a tendency to use busybox a lot doing a Gentoo install, starting with "ln -s /bin/busybox /bin/vi" :D Kindest regards, Bruce -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
