Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:38:08 +0000 From: "clayton rollins" <crollins666@hotmail.com> To: chowse@charter.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Definition of interfaces in ifconfig Message-ID: <Sea1-F161AkK5LqN33H00036b1c@hotmail.com>
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On Aug. 16, 2003, "Charles Howse" <chowse@charter.net> wrote: >Hello List, > >When I do: ># ifconfig > >I see the following interfaces listed: > >tx0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.254.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.254.255 > inet6 fe80::2e0:29ff:fe11:ff8a%tx0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ether 00:e0:29:11:ff:8a > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active >lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552 >faith0: flags=8002<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 >scopeid 0x5 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 ppp0: >flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > >I know tx0 is my one and only nic, we can keep it. >I assume lp0 is the parallel port, don't need it, don't plan to do any >printing from this machine. >I assume lo0 is the loopback interface, that's cool. >I know I don't need a PPP or SLIP interface, I have a LAN connection to >the Internet. > >I've grepped LINT and GENERIC with no joy for the definitions, I've >Googled with no joy so far, there are no man pages for these devices, >where can I find out what they are? > man 4 lp man faith man sl man ppp If you don't have those man pages, you can view them at: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi > >I realize the only ones actually running are tx0 and lo0, but wouldn't >it be OK to remove the ones I'll never need? > >Can I get rid of some of these guys? How? > >Thanks, >Charles > Newbies isn't for technical advice. Try reasking this part or any specific questions about the interfaces on freebsd-questions. I was able to find reference to them in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, but I wouldn't recommend you just hack into it without knowing what you're doing... Peace, Clayton _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
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