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04-12-2010, 02:49 PM
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who actually uses interface name mapping - and why
Who actually uses interface name mapping? Why, and what advantages do you get out of it?
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04-13-2010, 08:16 AM
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You get different settings for different situations using the same interface.
So if you have a laptop with one ethernet port, when you are at home you can ifup home and at work you can ifup work and the settings are already defined.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...erfaces.5.html |
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