Talk:Netifrc

Additional section for finding network names
A section should be added on how to find out what the network interface names are, maybe to run dmesg | grep -i 'network interface'.


 * I added two methods for identifying interfaces. Don't forget to sign your messages on talk pages with your signature. --Maffblaster (talk) 18:36, 12 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I am in doubt if having such section here was a good idea. These information about network interface names seem to be needed in several places, not only here. Especially since udev pushed its "predictable" crap, there are multiple threads on the forums with problems as people don't know about. Of course, most of that trouble is caused by using netifrc at all. But even without using netifrc, this knowledge about the network interface names could be needed, e.g. for setting a static IP address per interface without using the gui. I think a separate article Network interface in  might be a better place. There we could collect such information without bloating netifrc, wifi or other articles.


 * But, what about the "rc-update add net. default" stuff? This is very specific to netifrc and should be mentioned here, see Handbook:Parts/Networking/Introduction,.


 * Regarding "Use curly braces and commas to speed up the process when dealing with multiple interfaces:", why should using syntax instead of typing the path twice be specific for multiple interfaces? --Charles17 (talk) 06:13, 13 May 2015 (UTC)