On Wednesday 28 March 2001 07:43, jshiffer@zerotao.com wrote: > All, > Is it possible to have a virtual net device (ie like shaper) operate > over a real device without the real device having an IP address? > > ie lets say that I have an interface (eth0) and I would like to write a > shaper like virtual device (veth0) that manipulates that packets as they > flow thru ppp0. > > The normal config (as I understand it) would be: > > eth0(192.168.2.1) <---- veth0(192.168.2.2) > > and that if I want packets to flow thru vppp0 I have to setup a seperate > route. > > What I would like to do however, is to set it up more like this: > > eth0(up but no address) <----- veth0(192.168.2.1) > > Is this even possible? I have coded an example of the first for a simple > tunnel like application but it would be ver fortuitous if I could use the > latter method and save the ip address. > > Thanks in advance, > > Jason Shiffer > jshiffer@zerotao.org The shaper (and your virtual device driver) should have the same IP address as the device it is attached to for normal use. (see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/shaper.txt) - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
