* Claudio Jeker <[email protected]> [2010-04-19 18:40]: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 04:35:31PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote: > > * Gregory Edigarov <[email protected]> [2010-04-19 14:36]: > > > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:18:02 +0200 > > > Henning Brauer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > what problem does that solve? > > > > specifically, what problem does this solve that is not solved by > > > > interface groups? > > > sometimes it is better and necessary to have interfaces named under one > > > standartized name like fether0... fetherN for example > > > > ifconfig em0 group fether0 > > > > done > > > > Nice try but ifconfig will not allow that: > ifconfig: setifgroup: group names may not end in a digit
how should I know, I just wrote the code ;( > I think there is a good reason we do not let groups be like interface > names. ack. but the basic concept still stands, use (probably single-member) groups as "aliases" for interfaces. -- Henning Brauer, [email protected], [email protected] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting
