On (03/25/09 15:07), Sebastien Roy wrote: > > > If there are no addresses, then there is no point in "plumbing" the > > > associated interface under the hood. The administrator's intent is > > > implicit in the addresses that are configured over the interface. > > > > > > > what if I want to plumb the interface just to snoop the traffic > > on it? (I've done this in the past). > > You don't need to plumb IP to use snoop on the link.
Ok, bad example. But I would imagine that there are some cases where you really want to separate interface plumbing and address configuration e.g., ppp, so that having "create-interface" just create this virtual object with no physical underpinning will not suffice. --Sowmini
