>>> Is it easier to implement an indirection layer? >> >> >> What do you mean an indirection layer? For what? >> > > Think of a configuration GUI. You bring it up, click on a few buttons, > maybe fill in a few forms, then click OK, and your interface is > configured. There's no need to work with any files or remember what > commands you need to type. > > Or for those headless server boxes, a command line utility that does the > same thing, but without the pretty pictures. > Dan,
Based on our discussion offline, you misunderstood what I was trying to say in the 20q document. I changed that part to: "Because configuring the system requires network interface names to be referenced in various administrative tasks and a wide range of configuration files, being able to give a meaningful vanity name to a network interface (for example, based on its functionality or its topology) will help to make network configuration much clearer, hence will make network administration easier. " Is this clearer? Thanks - Cathy
