[Interop-dev] RFC: add parameter link-type

[Henning Rogge]

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Nemesis <(spam-protected)> wrote:
> Hey Bastian,
>
> On 08/27/2015 12:41 PM, Bastian Bittorf wrote:
>> see https://github.com/interop-dev/netjson/issues/22
>>
>> add 'link: type' or 'link: media'
>>
>> e.g. wired / wireless / tunnel or even more special:
>> '10baseT-HD' or
>> '802.11a/n' or
>> 'bluetooth' or
>> 'zigbee' or
>> 'tuntap'
>>
>> any comments about that?
>
> would be interesting, we also have something like this in nodeshot and I
> guess other node-db have similar information too.
>
> Not sure if the routing protocols can know this information though, so
> it could be an optional attribute.

This sounds more like an "interface" parameter than a "link" parameter
and should be part of the DeviceConfiguration object.

Henning