On Wednesday 03 March 2021 at 14:03:46, tito via Dng wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 10:16:13 +0100 John Hughes wrote:
> >
> > Just avoid the "ethX" names (because of race conditions and because
> > they're stupid). Use something descriptive.
>
> they are less stupid than enp0s0p1 or the like and mnemonically easier.
I agree that "eth0" is less stupid than "enp0s0p1" etc., however I too like
the use of descriptive names such as "CableModem", "Clients", "Servers" etc.
I haven't yet come across a tool (tcpdump, tshark, ip, dhcpd etc.) which
doesn't nicely handle descriptive names for interfaces.
Antony.
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