On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 11:16:06AM +0200, Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > The virtual interfaces created by vconfig is true virtual > interfaces and can even have a different MAC address than the physical > interface if you like (defaults to use the same MAC however). Gee, I didn't know that. How is the different MAC address set? Naively with ip link set dev eth0.101 address <new-mac>? Does this work with all drivers, will it give a performance impact (such as requiring the phyiscal interface to run promisc)? > These > virtual interfaces is named like physicalinterface.vlannumber (i.e. > eth0.45 for the VLAN with the .1q tag 45 on the eth0 physical connection). I strongly recommend using ip link set dev old-name name new-name to rename the interface to something less complicated. Having interfaces named from usage (like unt0 for untrusted, per0 for perimeter network, int0 for internal network and so on) brings new sense into the --in-interface int+ notation of iptables. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835
