Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:48:46 -0500, Tom H wrote, > Neither ifconfig nor ip use /e/n/i to configure nics. So the end user need only use ip rather than ifconfig and not be further concerned about the deprecation? > /e/n/i may be > referred to in the "see also" section of man page of ifconfig, but it > is "only" used by ifup and ifdown. We should continue to maintain /e/n/i as always. Thanks, ... P. -- Google "pathology workshop"