From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 07:10:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E5D106564A for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 07:10:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from randy@psg.com) Received: from ran.psg.com (ran.psg.com [IPv6:2001:418:1::36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 590258FC18 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 07:10:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=rair.local.psg.com) by ran.psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.72 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1PkANb-000J5O-KC for net@freebsd.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:10:23 +0000 Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:10:22 +0900 Message-ID: From: Randy Bush To: FreeBSD Net User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) Emacs/22.3 Mule/5.0 (SAKAKI) MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: taps in rc.config X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:10:24 -0000 i want to run a whole bunch of dynamips virtualized ciscos inside a fbsd 8.x server. i want the virtual routers to have some interfaces which are externally visible. so i think i do something like ifconfig tap0 147.28.224.41/30 ifconfig tap1 147.28.224.45/30 ifconfig tap2 147.28.224.49/30 ifconfig tap3 147.28.224.53/30 ifconfig tap4 147.28.224.57/30 ifconfig tap5 147.28.224.61/30 ifconfig tap6 147.28.224.65/30 ifconfig tap7 147.28.224.69/30 ifconfig tap8 147.28.224.73/30 ifconfig tap9 147.28.224.77/30 and then bridge them on to the external ether. but i am a bit confuddled. can someone tell me how to do from command line, and then also how to code in /etc/rc.conf? thanks. randy clueless in tokyo