From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Mail exchanger
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:56:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040802175631.E9108@cackle.proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <05a04a8a2697913ad8bef3dc5a9cb5b6@vitanuova.com>; from C H Forsyth on Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 04:49:52PM +0100
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 04:49:52PM +0100, C H Forsyth wrote:
>
> if so, i wondered why you didn't just add the extra
> interface as an extra interface on the existing IP stack, in which
> case you don't need to mess with net.alt. for instance,
> ip/ipconfig ether /net/ether1 <addresses>
> binds a new device interface to the existing IP stack,
> with the address parameters you give. you might
> also possibly set iprouting on the interfaces
> if you want the server to do that.
Sounds like a wonderful idea, if only I could understand it. Nearly
ten years down the line and me believing I'm of above average
intelligence and Plan 9 still causes me to doubt my sanity :-(
Let me mull over this, I certainly would like the suggested
simplicity, I just hope I can make sense of it.
++L
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-02 15:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-02 10:39 Lucio De Re
2004-08-02 15:15 ` C H Forsyth
2004-08-02 15:35 ` Lucio De Re
2004-08-02 15:49 ` C H Forsyth
2004-08-02 15:56 ` Lucio De Re [this message]
2004-08-02 16:08 ` Lucio De Re
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