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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: Netgraph & 'Fake' interfaces
In-Reply-To: <NDBBKECBEEIIPEFNBPBFKENHCGAA.andyc@waverider.net.uk> from Andy Cowan at "Mar 7, 2000 07:29:05 pm"
To: andyc@waverider.net.uk (Andy Cowan)
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Andy Cowan writes:
> > > I'm trying ngctl mkpeer rl0: iface inet inet - but it doesn'tlike it.
> > > Does anyone know the right way to do this?
> >
> > What type of node is 'rl0:' ? Does it support a hook type named 'inet' ?
> >
> > Try this..
> >
> >   $ ngctl mkpeer iface inet inet
> >
> 
> It's an existing ethernet interface - I'm just trying to fake additional
> ethernet interfaces - not just alias the IP addresses onto them. As far as I
> can see, I can't actually do this with Netgraph - because its iface node is
> a point to point interface, unless I'm missing something stupid.

No you can't do that..  netgraph interfaces are independent beings,
you can't "attach" one to another existing interface.

-Archie

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