On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:01:14 -0700
jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca (John Nemeth) wrote:

> On Dec 18,  6:53am, Marcin Jessa wrote:
> } 
> } I was also wondering if anyone is working on kernel implementation of CARP.
> 
>      Personally, I think we should do something like VRRP, which is
> standards compliant, instead of using NIH stuff that will have limited
> compatibility.

CARP is free implementation of VRRP which CISCO claims rights to.

> } And if you guys think adding a possibility to rename network device names with ifconfig just like on FreeBSD is something to be considered on NetBSD.
> } 
> } Example, lets rename iwi0 to wlan0:
> } 
> } # ifconfig -l
> } iwi0 lan0 pfsync0 pflog0 lo0 gif0 disc0
> } 
> } # ifconfig iwi0 name wlan0
> } # ifconfig -l
> } wlan0 lan0 pfsync0 pflog0 lo0 gif0 disc0
> 
>      This sounds messy.

And why does it? This makes it easy to reuse tons of your custom code only setting new interface name for your nic.
It makes it also easier to brand your interfaces , .eg office_lan01 , office_lan02, wan01 etc.
Use your imagination.