Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 10:43:38 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Vincent Jardin <vjardin@wanadoo.fr> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Howto rename an interface Message-ID: <09l7bv4bp8vvngc0j85tgqob0u3b0vl7pr@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <_MzYgD.A.O9P._h8s-@coal.sentex.ca> References: <_MzYgD.A.O9P._h8s-@coal.sentex.ca>
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It sounds a bit messy to maintain. Perhaps it would be easier to just write wrapper programs around those that you use if really need be. e.g.= a local copy of netstat,ifconfig and route and have those executed first in your path. =20 ---Mike On Sat, 3 May 2003 15:47:34 +0200, in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you wrote: >I would like to rename the network interfaces. More particularly, I = would like=20 >to control the numbers in the name and to remove the constraints. > >For example, what are the issues about renaming my 'vr0' interface to = eth1-3=20 >or DSL-WAN that does not have a ifunit within its name ? > >I think about the following issues, what am I forgetting ? > - update all the sockaddr_dl > - many drivers, in fact all of them, log with %s%d, ifname, ifunit > - (add a message on the routing socket) > >Regards, > Vincent >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net)=09 http://www.sentex.net/mike
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