Re: No ifconfig [Was: no /etc/inittab]
On Tuesday 15 August 2017 14:19:37 David Wright wrote:
> 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.
Thats a bridge I'll cross, if it gets here before I miss morning roll
call. :)
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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