Re: Specifying names for tap interfaces

[Darren Reed <darrenr%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 24/06/2012 12:00 PM, Mouse wrote:
>> Linux's method associates names by driver type (eth0, eth1, etc).
>> HP-UX uses a similar approach with "lan0", etc.
>> Solaris (from 11 onwards) uses a more neutral name with "net0" being
>> the first interface, "net1", etc.
>> None of the above use labels or create extra complications in order
>> to deliver user-friendly names,
> How is "eth0" or "net0" any user-friendlier (for any value of "user")
> than "fxp0"?

Because the network interface is always named the same on every
computer that you use.

It isn't dependent on the type of chip that a manufacturer put
on a motherboard or the type of card that someone decided to
put in the computer for you.

If you're building scripts, be they for operation or installation
then you need to "discover" which is the first interface. Is it
fxp0, is it wm0, or is it hme0, etc, ceases to be an issue.

Darren