Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:13:48 +0000 From: "Alex Burke" <alexjeffburke@gmail.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Virtual switch on FreeBSD Message-ID: <a8b8bb510611220513o34096802q66c1c8000abd906f@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, What I would like to do is have a sort of virtual switch emulated on my machine - to this I would like to attach a virtual interface on the host system, and then I am hoping that would allow me to have some sort of stable environment for jails, because I could then alias the jails' IP addresses to the virtual adapter and it would be like a network in its own right with many IP addresses for many jails. The reason I cannot do this under the host is that my main network adapters are all DHCP, and I would like to be able to access the jails any time. I would like to remove the dependency of the jails on the host environments network interface configuration. I honestly do not know whether this is possible, and having reviewed the VLAN documentation, netgraph and tun/tap, I don't know where to start let alone if the facilities are there. Please CC me in any replies as I am not subscribed to this list. Thanks, Alex J Burke.
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