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Dec 20, 2012 at 16:03	comment	added	laurent		eth0 is the name of the interface. Interface Address is not a well defined name. As said by Scott in his answer, it can be considered as being the MAC address or as Juniper considers in its routers manuals, it can be the whole interface group of parameters you define using `address {...}` keyword (different than the `address` keyword above in an IF definition). Many people refer to the IP address as the interface address and so on. That depends on context and uses. The `address` keyword above in an interface definition refers to the IP assigned to eth0 but it is not the `interface address`.
Dec 20, 2012 at 13:20	comment	added	ffledgling		I'm a little confused. Will the interface address be eth0 or the IP-Address eth0 that might be assigned?
Dec 20, 2012 at 1:27	history	edited	laurent	CC BY-SA 3.0	added link with example
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Dec 20, 2012 at 1:07	history	answered	laurent	CC BY-SA 3.0