On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 10:38 AM David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/2/19 10:09 AM, Francesco Ruggeri wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 8:11 AM David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 11/2/19 9:08 AM, Francesco Ruggeri wrote: > >>> I am only using macvlans for N1 in the ipv6 test, where there are 3 nodes. > >>> How do I use veths for that? > >> > >> checkout the connect_ns function. It uses veth to connect ns1 to ns2. > > > > I apologize in advance for being slow ... > > I have 3 namespaces that have to share the same LAN, I am not trying > > 1-1 connections among those namespaces. > > > > How would you cable this if it were an actual network with physical nodes? > - bridge on R1 (since it is the gw for H1), with connections to R2 and > H1 into the bridge > - second connection between R1 and R2 > - connection between R2 and H2 > > For the simulation, network namespaces represent physical nodes, veth > pairs act like a cable between the nodes / namespaces and the bridge > makes the LAN.
