Re: network setup
On Tue 13 Dec 2016 at 20:48:46 +0100, Erwan David wrote:
> Le 12/13/2016 à 20:44, Brian a écrit :
> > On Tue 13 Dec 2016 at 14:40:47 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 01:36:05PM +0000, Darac Marjal wrote:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/
> >>> lists three options:
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >
> > For someone who has been using Debian for many years the position you
> > expound is understandable and viable to support. Someone who is used to
> > eth0 and wlan0 for interface names is bound to sit up and take notice
> > when they change to something which is strange and doesn't exactly stick
> > in the memory.
> >
> > But remember new users; does it really matter to them? They have no
> > personal history to point to. As you point out, the engineering
> > advantages are unarguable. And after all, there are three options which
> > can be employed to get something you are not given. That's not bad as
> > things go.
> >
>
> Do you think eno167778 will be more useful than eth0 to a new user ?
> (yes I've seen the name for the only NIC of a machine)
It is no more nor more less useful than eth0 in the sense that
networking works for them. Do you think a new user is going to
react in horror to one rather than the other?
My God, why must I use eno167778, he will say? I must change
this to something I like. connection0 looks good.
And so he can. So where's the problem?
--
Brian.
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