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Re: /etc/network/interfaces & point-to-point ethernet & broadcast address



On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 09:07:30AM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:38:17AM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 06:15:27PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
> > > It would be kinda strange if the "ip" command configued protocols other
> > > than "ip"
> > 
> > Actually it does.
> > 
> > For instance, it can be used to configure Ethernet addresses...
> 
> In that case, why not rename it 'net'?

Then we could hook it up to also trigger init.d scripts...

'net start distributed-net'

... and mount SMB shares...

'net use //server/share'

*grin*

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