> Well IP interfaces are generally associated with a NIC of some > kind, be it software (eg PPP/LANE) or physical (bge, nf, ce). > So if I see something show up in ifconfig output, my expectation > is that there is a NIC of some kind behind it. > > Now what you're saying is that this isn't true for IPMP interfaces > as presented by the clearview project.
It's already not true for lo0, vni0, ... > While in the past we've had a different kind of visual key to alert us > to the fact that a logical interface is just a logical interface (eg > le0:1), IPMP (and perhaps interface vanity naming?) has the potential > to break that model. You lost me. What do logical interfaces have to do with this? > btw, will IPMP for Clearview be delivering for FDDI, 802.11a/b/g > and ATM or just ethernet based protocols > Or is the interface media type unimportant for IPMP? It's unimportant, except that all interfaces in the group must have the same IFT_*. -- meem _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
