Howto rename an interface

[Vincent Jardin]

Le Samedi 3 Mai 2003 16:43, Mike Tancsa a écrit :
> 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.

I thought about it. However many issues remain:
  - SNMP still uses the FreeBSD's interface name
  - the kernel logs
  - ... they are lot of softwares that need their own patch 

Whereas all these softwares would work fine if the interface name does not 
have a unit number.

Thanks,
  Vincent

PS:
For example, with Linux, the name of an ipip or gre tunnel is free:
# ip tunnel add FooBar mode ipip remote 192.168.0.251 local 192.168.0.15 
# ifconfig FooBar
FooBar    Lien encap:IPIP Tunnel  HWaddr   
          POINTOPOINT NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


>
> 	---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 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 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
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