Cathy Zhou wrote: >>>> 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?
Yes, that's clearer. Thanks, Dan > > Thanks > - Cathy
