Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:45:03 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: operator@biowarnet.info Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cloned_interfaces Message-ID: <20020718194503.GA2488@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <20020718110456.12213.h012.c011.wm@mail.biowarnet.info.criticalpath.net> References: <20020718110456.12213.h012.c011.wm@mail.biowarnet.info.criticalpath.net>
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On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:04:56AM -0700, operator@biowarnet.info wrote:
> Hallo everyone out there
>
> I would like ask stupid question (hehehe)
> What exactly details/meaning of
> cloned_interfaces="" # List of cloned
> network interfaces to create.
> in /etc/default/rc.conf ?
According to the rc.conf(5) man page:
cloned_interfaces
(str) Set to the list of clonable network interfaces to
create on this host. Entries in cloned_interfaces are
automatically appended to network_interfaces for configura-
tion.
which doesn't really tell you much more than the comment in
/etc/defaults/rc.conf.
Cloned interfaces are the likes of tun(4) --- a sort of pseudo device
that behaves like a network interface: often used for point-to-point
tunnels for PPP links --- or gif(4) which can tunnel IP6 traffic over
an IP4 network (or vice-versa). Soft-, rather than hardware.
Cheers,
Matthew
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