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authorAlexandre Anriot <aanriot@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-04-12 14:15:04 +0000
committerAlexandre Anriot <aanriot@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-04-12 14:15:04 +0000
commit58d46986875974ae3498c270d878b3d6309c8f23 (patch)
tree4192614508b89f40bb10c7ee433c194bbf41f3d1 /sbin/ifconfig
parent1c0ed605a45091f853d51af1c33558a072b9621b (diff)
add a few words about how groups of interfaces can be used.
help and ok henning@ jmc@
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-rw-r--r--sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.88
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index b19334caad2..71577371e3a 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.118 2006/02/21 17:07:14 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.119 2006/04/12 14:15:03 aanriot Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.11 1996/01/04 21:27:29 pk Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.16 1998/02/01 07:03:29 steve Exp $
.\"
@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ Assign the interface to a
.Dq group .
Any interface can be in multiple groups.
.Pp
+For instance, such a group could be used to create a hardware
+independent
+.Xr pf 4
+ruleset (i.e. not one based on the names of NICs) using
+existing (egress, carp, etc.) or user-defined groups.
+.Pp
Cloned interfaces are members of their interface family group by default.
For example, a PPP interface such as
.Em ppp0