Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:58:48 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Massimo Lusetti <massimo@cedoc.mo.it> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za>, brooks@freebsd.org, Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: new trunk(4) Message-ID: <20070413185848.511B745054@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:23:07 %2B0200." <20070413172307.53d95262.massimo@cedoc.mo.it>
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--==_Exmh_1176490728_44285P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:23:07 +0200 > From: Massimo Lusetti <massimo@cedoc.mo.it> > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:09:58 +1200 > Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Any suggestions! > > Please keep the name trunk(4). I'll live with whatever, but to most networking (or telecom) folks, trunking is muxing multiple data streams onto a single media. In networking, this means multiple VLANs over a single connection. I have never seen it refer to aggregating several connections to look like a single one (802.1ad). But it sounds like someone will be confused by either case, so... -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1176490728_44285P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFGH9Lokn3rs5h7N1ERAhZnAJ9ZYsZHo0Dp65sEk5oCfT5qd4Mg0wCfcRiX DaypVv6zWhYZHyXhyC5rjmA= =/7cV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1176490728_44285P--
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