Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 23:48:09 -0500 From: csg@waterspout.com (C. Stephen Gunn) To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with VLAN and natd. Message-ID: <200101030442.XAA66745@tsunami.waterspout.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 02 Jan 2001 10:23:23 MST." <3A520E8B.50AC9CEE@softweyr.com>
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On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 10:23:23 MST, Wes Peters wrote: > > Well.. It's a change to ifconfig for normal interface configuraton. > > No, what I'm saying is that ifconfig would look exactly like it does now > for standard IP-over-EthII and for vlan id, and would be extended to handle > other configurations not currently supported like SNAP, or SNAP + VLAN. > > > I also wasn't aware that ifconfig handles netgraph node creation, > > I thought you (currently) used ngctl or libnetgraph for that. > > It doesn't now, but it's only software. We're on the same page. I was just observing that it was a software change to ifconfig. We're teaching it tricks about creating/associating netgraph nodes with interfaces. Not just configuring interfaces. I'm not saying that it's wrong, I'm just advocating planning, thought, and most importantly coordination with the other BSDs when possible. - Steve -- C. Stephen Gunn URL: http://www.waterspout.com/ WaterSpout Communications, Inc. Email: csg@waterspout.com 427 North 6th Street Phone: +1 765.742.6628 Lafayette, IN 47901 Fax: +1 765.742.0646 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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