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Old 03-04-2011
Network Card Name details

Hi All,

Can somebody explain that whats the meaning of different interfaces naming scheme, Like ' hme, qfe, e1000g0, ce, eri, bge' ?

This is such a basic question which i always overlooked Smilie

Thanks !
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Old 03-04-2011
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Old 03-04-2011
Note that with OpenSolaris, Solaris 11 Express, and the likes you can rename interfaces. BigAdmin Sun Docs: Assigning Meaningful Names to Network Interfaces
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Old 03-04-2011
The bge interface is a gigabit interface based on the the Broadcom 5704 chipset.
The e1000g is an Intel PRO/1000 gigabit interface based on 825XX chip.
The eri interface is a 10/100Mbit interface based on the RIO GEM chip.
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Old 03-08-2011
Thank you guys!

The docs were great help ! Smilie
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Old 03-08-2011
Note also that there are manual pages for each of these drivers:

Code:
$ man hme qfe e1000g ce eri bge

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Old 03-08-2011
Here is a useful (or at least interesting) earlier thread on the names: basic unix question
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