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Date:      Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:55:35 -0700
From:      Michael O'Henly <michael@tenzo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Naming ethernet NICs
Message-ID:  <01041017553500.02141@pravda.tenzo.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0104101419070.24352-100000@corten8>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.30.0104101419070.24352-100000@corten8>

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On Tuesday 10 April 2001 14:50, Bill Schoolcraft wrote:

[...]

> .......... that is exactly why I stopped concentrating on Linux and
> moved over to Unix based OS's to get a broader scope of things. Not
> only are the NIC's named different, but the devices. 

[...]

So if NICs are named on the basis of their type/driver, doesn't that mean a 
lot of reconfiguring is needed if you should happen to replace a card with 
something different? 

M.

-- 
Michael O'Henly
TENZO Design

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