Questions tagged [interface]
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What is this virtual interface? And how can I remove it?
I am using RHEL 7.4 and had both a virbr0 and virbr1. I want to remove them both.
I was able to remove virbr0 by stopping and disabling the default virtual kvm.
libvirtd isn't running, yet I still have virbr1. Initially I followed…

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Bandwidth limitations of network loopback device?
I have several JVMs that all listen to TCP 80 each bound on their own 127.0.100.1 -> 127.0.100.255 range.
Is there a theoretical limit to the effective bandwidth that can be pushed through the LO device? Is this simply a limitation of the kernel…

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Tap interface is not receiving packets
I'm configuring a tap interface and trying to send and receive packets through it, i configure it like this:
ip tuntap add name tap0 mode tap multi_queue
ip link set tap0 up
i'm using scapy to send traffic to the interface, the command is :
p =…

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Application iptables rule with virtual interfaces
If I have two or more network interfaces, ranging from virtual and real, as it could to set iptables rules to affect all of these interfaces?
Example:
I have four interfaces, eth0, eth0:0, eth1 and loopback, I want to set the following…

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CentOS 7 statically configured network adapter keeps getting DHCP address
This is driving me nuts. I have a CentOS 7 system. It is acting as DHCP for the network it is attached to, is running Cobbler and PXE, but it is not the gateway. It is the primary file server for my network.
I have an on-board network adapter…

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FreeBSD interface up/down monitoring
How to get informed about specific interface status in FreeBSD?
ifconfig | grep "status: active"
works fine but I want to avoid polling and be informed as fast as possible about ifup/ifdown.

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Debian Linux routing additional IP to LXC
I'm trying to route an additional IP of my server from Hetzner to a LXC instance (on Debian Jessie). I've found this guide http://www.jotschi.de/technik/2012/04/18/hetzner-lxc-linux-subnet-configuration.html and followed it.
My problem is that as…

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XenServer 6.2 changing mtu
So I've looked around for a way to change the MTU of interfaces on XenServer 6.2, but can't find anything that works for me ...
One method spoke about changing the ifcnfg-intX files in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory, but the files just…

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Consistent Naming of 10gbps Interfaces on Dell Host
I have some Dell hosts in our environment. I would like to be able to provide consistent network interface naming across platforms. I know that biosdevname attempts to make the interfaces consistent with regard to their physical/hardware layout. But…

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Cisco Switch went mad
tI have a Cisco SLM2048 Smart Switch which I can't access anymore. The switch is working just fine but:
I can't reach it by web interface
Doesn't seem to be able to reset it, even if I hold reset button for 10, 20, 30, 60 seconds.
Doesn't get an…

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Is there a way to get Apache to listen on an interface instead of an address?
This may be a bit of an X-Y question: I want to be able to clone and destroy cloud servers and not reconfigure the Listen directive for Apache that only the load balancer can get to. But I don't actually care what the ip address is – it's whatever…

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Bring up a virtual interface without checking if it's up elsewhere
Is there a way to bring up a virtual interface without it first sending an arping to check if that IP address is already in use elsewhere?
I'm working with a proprietary product that recommends copying the ifup script and commenting out the arping…

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Cisco Nexus: list all interfaces with their ips
This is the same as this question, but for Nexus: Junos: find out each interface's ip
I need to show all interfaces with their respective IPs. I know that on IOS I can get that with show ip interface brief | exclude unassigned and on Junos with show…

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Is it possible plugging in a crossover cable to a 1Gb network adapter fried my adapter?
The host I am working with has two network adapters and is running Ubuntu Server 12.10.
In an attempt to network two computers I used a cross-over cable as in the old 100Mbps days. After doing this I soon realized that you don't use crossover cables…

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Problems bringing up a second virtual network interface
I'm having issues adding a second IP address to one interface. Below is my /etc/networking/interfaces
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
#eth0 is our main IP address
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address…

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