Re: Adapter Names on Stretch
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 01:39:48PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Thursday 27 August 2015 19:01:32 Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 11:58:03PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> > > Le nonidi 9 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Renaud OLGIATI a écrit :
> > > > An added advantage is that on the day you replace your Ethernet NIC
> > > > because it was fried by lightning, and put a new one in its stead, your
> > > > network config will be buggered as the system will givethe new NICt
> > > > a name different from the one assigned to the old one, since it will
> > > > have a different MAC address..,
> > >
> > > Indeed, after two hours fiddling with firmwares hoping this is a software
> > > problem, then cables and hubs to find where the problem exactly is, then
> > > one hour and a half riding the subway to the other side of town where the
> > > shops that have discrete network cards nowadays are, and finally after
> > > you ruined six months uptime to shutdown and install the newly-bought
> > > card, editing a small config file is really the straw that broke the
> > > camel's back.
> >
> > Honestly, I don't think it's that bad.
>
> Chris, what happened to your sense of humour? ;-) This isn't like you!
My remark was a 'wee' joke to indicate that sarcasm doesn't "travel"
well via email. :)
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