Questions tagged [interface]
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Route only packets from specific interface over VPN
So i have 3 interfaces on a host:
Interface 1 is facing the external network
interface 2 is the tun0 vpn interface
interface 3 the local network interface
My goal is to route all the traffic from interface 3 (the local network) through the vpn…

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How to hook an Ethernet over USB connection up to the host-Network?
I have a single board computer that I want to hook up to my lan/internet connection. The SBC doesn't have an Ethernet port, only a an embedded wireless chip which currently isn't working. But it does have USB and I figured that it should be possible…

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What does the command "ifconfig 0.0.0.0" do?
The question is direct, what does the given command do, and what is it used for?
ifconfig 0.0.0.0
I know that 0.0.0.0 means all IP addresses on my local machine.
Also if I mess up an interface with this command, how do I reset it?

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Can't consistently ping both networks of multihomed host
I have a host which is multihomed, eth0 is on 172.31.254.0/24 and eth0.10 is on 172.31.253.0/24 . Obviously eth0.10 is a subinterface on vlan id 10.
From this host I can succesfully ping hosts on the 172.31.253.0/24 network but not consistently on…

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Debian, IPv6 is not asssigned to interface
I have a Debian 7 Server with several networks and KVM VMs running configured:
2a01:4f8:191:439b::/64
144.72.132.208/29
The IPv6 Subnet is splitted into /96 Networks to assign each bridge a own subnet.
auto hetzner0
iface hetzner0 inet…

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bridging real and virtual wireless network interfaces
I have 2 wireless interfaces, one real (eth1) and one virtual (vt0), running on top of the same physical wireless adapter. Both have separate IP address spaces.
eth1 is connected to a laptop, and vt0 is connected to another system over p2p.
I cannot…

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Xen alternative for VMware Infrastructure
Is there any Xen alternative for VMware Infrastructure?
Any aggregation and control interfaces?

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Routing OpenVPN tunnel in via public interface and out via NAT'd interface (to internet)
I hope someone can help...
I want to Configure OpenVPN-AS (i.e. OpenVPN Access Server, NOT OpenVPN) to work on my VPS. The VPS is a KVM running Ubunto 10.04 LTS, with a very vanilla configuration. OpenVPN-AS is likewise installed with only minimal…

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Monitor loopback traffic (monitor MS TCP Loopback inteface traffic) with Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 - possible?
I've downloaded NM 3.4 from microsoft.com and it appears that the software doesn't capture traffic on MS TCP Loopback interface. When I ping 127.0.0.1 address, NM shows no packets flowing. I've tried both promiscuous / standard NIC mode with no…

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How to set up internal routing between virtual interfaces and real ethernet interface (Linux)
I have a Linux box with one real (as opposes to virtual, a.k.a. aliased) Ethernet interface I can use (eth0 is used for other purposes - can't use it, nor can I add more NICs).
Say it's eth1
I need to control some objects/entities via SNMP, so I set…

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Programatically extracting interface configuration from the system?
I would like to produce a list of all the interfaces available on a [Linux] system, and for each interface, produce a list of available IP addresses. I was hoping to do this in a more graceful fashion than parsing the output of the ip command while…

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How to disable ICMP redirect packets in Cisco IOS?
I'm studying a "good practices" document for Cisco IOS, and one of its controls tells me to disable ICMP Redirect packets in the router. Sounds reasonable. So I go test it in Cisco Packet Tracker (a nifty little network emulator program). In my…

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Hostname resolution in a machine with multiple running eth ports
Consider a machine having 4 eth ports running on it. Then to which eth port's ipaddress will the hostname resolve to?
Kindly guide me to some documentation to support your answers so that I could use them as proof in my project.
Thanks

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"Symbolic link" for NICs under Linux?
Currently on my Linux server I've enabled bridging so that I can use OpenVPN in bridged mode. Works great. eth0 is connected to the LAN; tun0 is the OpenVPN gateway; these are bridged to a new interface br0.
Same server is also functioning as a…
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configure trunk interface in linux centos7
I have connected 2 trunk interface to server(centos 7 server) nic port for setup vlan tagging.
And have enabled 8021q module in server.
Configure two physical interfaces as bonding as below
Physical Interface 1:…

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