Re: No ifconfig [Was: no /etc/inittab]
On Tue 15 Aug 2017 at 13:24:56 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 August 2017 10:48:12 Nicolas George wrote:
>
> > L'octidi 28 thermidor, an CCXXV, Erik Christiansen a écrit :
> > > Around 30 years of familiarity across many *nix flavours.
> >
> > You said it: the only superiority of ifconfig over iproute2 is
> > tradition and familiarity of long-time users. On the other hand,
> > ifconfig is technically inferior on most if not all points.
> >
> > I hope you realize that traditions and familiarity of old geezers can
> > only go so far to justify the evolution or non-evolution of a system.
> > Otherwise, we still would have ed in the base system.
> >
> > Regards,
>
> Nicolas: The nearest ipv6 address to me is likely 150 miles north, in
> Pittsburgh PA. Its all ipv4 here in WV AFAIK.
Odd, the nearest to me is underneath the table. I use 6 a lot,
as a cat5 cable is much faster than two legs of weak wireless
to the router and back. And it requires no configuration—it's
just there.
Cheers,
David.
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