netifd
E845860
netifd is the OpenWrt network interface daemon responsible for configuring and managing network interfaces, protocols, and related services on the system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| netifd canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10167773 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: netifd Context triple: [ubus message bus, integratesWith, netifd]
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A.
netfilter
netfilter is a framework within the Linux kernel that provides packet filtering, network address translation (NAT), and other networking-related operations for implementing firewalls and traffic control.
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B.
Network interface layer
The network interface layer is the lowest layer in the Internet protocol suite responsible for transmitting raw packets over physical network media using hardware-specific addressing and framing.
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C.
UniFI
UniFI is the commonly used abbreviation for the University of Florence, a major public research university in Florence, Italy.
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D.
ENIC Network
The ENIC Network is a European network of national information centres that supports the recognition of foreign qualifications and promotes fair academic mobility across countries.
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E.
NVAP
NVAP is a United States Department of Agriculture program that certifies veterinarians to perform regulatory animal health services and interstate/international movement work.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: netifd Target entity description: netifd is the OpenWrt network interface daemon responsible for configuring and managing network interfaces, protocols, and related services on the system.
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A.
netfilter
netfilter is a framework within the Linux kernel that provides packet filtering, network address translation (NAT), and other networking-related operations for implementing firewalls and traffic control.
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B.
Network interface layer
The network interface layer is the lowest layer in the Internet protocol suite responsible for transmitting raw packets over physical network media using hardware-specific addressing and framing.
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C.
UniFI
UniFI is the commonly used abbreviation for the University of Florence, a major public research university in Florence, Italy.
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D.
ENIC Network
The ENIC Network is a European network of national information centres that supports the recognition of foreign qualifications and promotes fair academic mobility across countries.
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E.
NVAP
NVAP is a United States Department of Agriculture program that certifies veterinarians to perform regulatory animal health services and interstate/international movement work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
OpenWrt component
ⓘ
network interface daemon ⓘ system daemon ⓘ |
| configurationFile | /etc/config/network ⓘ |
| designedFor | embedded Linux routers ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
firewall3
ⓘ
hostapd ⓘ odhcpd NERFINISHED ⓘ procd NERFINISHED ⓘ ubus ⓘ wpa_supplicant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| license | GPL-2.0-or-later ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | OpenWrt project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | OpenWrt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | OpenWrt base system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| readsConfigurationFrom | /etc/config/network ⓘ |
| replacedComponent | legacy ifup/ifdown scripts in OpenWrt ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
DHCP client management
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DHCP server trigger scripts ⓘ PPP interface management ⓘ VLAN interface management ⓘ bridge interface management ⓘ bringing interfaces down ⓘ bringing interfaces up ⓘ dynamic interface creation ⓘ hotplug event handling ⓘ interface state tracking ⓘ network interface configuration ⓘ network interface management ⓘ protocol management ⓘ wireless interface management ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
IPv4
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IPv6 ⓘ hotplug scripts ⓘ interface dependency handling ⓘ logical interface aliases ⓘ multi-WAN setups ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
6in4
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6to4 NERFINISHED ⓘ DHCP ⓘ DS-Lite ⓘ GRE tunnels ⓘ L2TP ⓘ PPPoA ⓘ PPPoE ⓘ PPTP ⓘ static IP ⓘ |
| usesConfigurationFormat | UCI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesIPCMechanism | ubus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: netifd Description of subject: netifd is the OpenWrt network interface daemon responsible for configuring and managing network interfaces, protocols, and related services on the system.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.