FreeLists / openbeosnetteam / [openbeosnetteam] Re: Interfaces

["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan Whitehorn <nathanw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> IPv6 requires that every device have at least two addresses: a link-
> local 
> address (fe80::) and a global address (e.g. 2001::). There is even an 
> additional domain beyond that for organizational internal routing, 
> and 
> machines adhering to the anonymous IPv6 address spec will typically 
> have 
> two global addresses at a time during an address transition.
> 
> Aliasing is also fantastically useful for IPv4 when hosts move or you 
> want 
> an internal/external addressing scheme like IPv6 uses. Maybe only a 
> few 
> people will use it, but it's good to have.

Okay, so I'm proposing the following:
- if you create an interface /dev/net/ipro1000/0 it will be the first 
interface for this device
- when you want another interface (with a different address), you would 
need to create another interface called /dev/net/ipro1000/0:n where n 
is a number greater than 0 (since that will refer to the first 
interface).
- you can also refer to /dev/net/ipro1000/0 via /dev/net/ipro1000/0:0

IMO, that would make it simple and straight-forward to use.
Is everyone okay with this?

Bye,
   Axel.