> This is a PSARC requirement. We've been told that the Solaris networking > model has both physical interfaces (which have no IP addresses) and logical > interfaces (that do have IP addresses.)
While I agree that each logical interface encapsulates an IP address, it seems odd to me to say that physical interface have no IP addresses, especially since i cannot administrative instantiate a physical interface without also instantiating an IP address (e.g., ifconfig always shows me something). It seems more natural to say that physical interface has one or more IP addresses (though of course some or all may be administratively down). This also matches the model we will be presenting with IP-level observability (e.g., snooping on /dev/ipnet/bge0 will show all packets that are sent to or received from IP addresses that are hosted on bge0 -- see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/networking/ipobs-design.pdf for more details). -- meem _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
