>>>>> On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:08:21 -0700, 
>>>>> "Dave Thaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>> When we can assume one-to-one mapping between interfaces and links,
>> that's true.  However, if two (or more) different interfaces belong
>> to a single link, using interface names as link IDs would be rather
>> confusing (we'll lose the uniqueness of the ID, or we'll have to care
>> about which interface is "primary" in the link".)

> I'd point out that with the "flexible 4+28" method, specifying "eth0" in
> place of "link12" would work, regardless of whether there was 1 or
> multiple interfaces attached to link12.  Another advantage of the
> flexible method :)

Probably, but even so, we'll still lose the uniqueness of zone IDs.

                                        JINMEI, Tatuya
                                        Communication Platform Lab.
                                        Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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