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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Eth0 interface not found - udev that little slut!!!!!
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:35:17
Message-Id: CAA2qdGWGUgUQ-iSwM1hwvBKTNxx47uwUHOv7rHBmAHs-6R989w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Eth0 interface not found - udev that little slut!!!!! by Jarry
1 On Apr 9, 2013 12:32 AM, "Jarry" <mr.jarry@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > On 08-Apr-13 19:19, Michael Mol wrote:
4 >>
5 >> On 04/08/2013 12:28 PM, Bruce Hill wrote:
6 >>>
7 >>> On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 10:58:38PM -0400, Randy Barlow wrote:
8 >>>>
9 >>>> On Sat, 6 Apr 2013 22:35:22 -0400
10 >>>> Nick Khamis <symack@×××××.com> wrote:
11 >>>>>
12 >>>>> As for /sbin/ip. I have no such command.
13 >>>>
14 >>>>
15 >>>> I'd recommend installing and becoming familiar with the iproute2
16 >>>> package. I personally find the tools it delivers to be more intuitive
17 >>>> than the older tools, and I *think* they are considered to obsolote
18 some
19 >>>> tools, such as ifconfig.
20 >>>
21 >>>
22 >>> Ack to Randy's. FWIW: http://inai.de/2008/02/19
23 >>
24 >>
25 >> That page has a handy list at the end. I've gone back to the page twice
26 >> today...bookmarked.
27 >
28 >
29 > Maybe time to update our Gentoo Handbook to use "ip" instead
30 > of "ifconfig/route" so that users could get used to it right
31 > during installation...
32 >
33 >
34 > Jarry
35 > --
36 >
37
38 TBH, the first time I learnt about iproute2 -- about 3 or 4 years ago -- I
39 no longer use ifconfig.
40
41 It's so similar to Cisco IOS commands structure that I immediately took a
42 liking to it. (Less cognitive dissonance going back and forth between Linux
43 and Cisco routers).
44
45 Rgds,
46 --