> >Oh yeah, since we're in wishful thinking mode, I want interface > >descriptions too... > > Have you looked at the 'name' and 'group' keywords in ifconfig(8)? > If this isn't what you want, please expand on your wish.
It is not what I want. On routers, switches and lots of other boxes from most vendors you can associate a description string with each interface - where interface can be a physical port, or for instance a VLAN based interface. This description string is useful to document things like - what is the box at the other end of the cable connected to this port - what is the port at the other end of the cable connected to this port - what is the circuit id for the circuit this port is connected to - what is this port used for etc. Typical example, from one of our switches (Cisco syntax): interface GigabitEthernet0/12 description TO: fs1.td ID: BTN-11510092 TXT: gi1/0/7 EoSDH 50 Mbps switchport trunk allowed vlan 123,770,1024,1500,1504,1528,1536 showing the first three points I mentioned above. Such a description string is can normally be retrieved using SNMP. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
