Re: No ifconfig [Was: no /etc/inittab]
On Tue 15 Aug 2017 at 14:53:39 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 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. :)
If you do, you'll be on a charge. :)
--
Brian.
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