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Re: Dummy Device: multiple instances use same hardware address?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur S. Petrossian)
Wed Apr 3 02:31:23 1996
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:38:02 +0300 (GMT+0300)
From: "Arthur S. Petrossian" <arthur@sci.am>
To: Linux Network Channel <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199604011113.AA02391@deejai.mch.sni.de>
On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Martin Kraemer wrote:
> Is it true that when I load multiple instances of the dummy device,
> all of these get by default the same hardware address (as printed by
> ifconfig)? Is that important? Or is it ignored anyway because there will
> never be any arp queries over dummy*?
I also want to know whether anyone can tell me exact sequence of actions
to install dummy interface. I try
'ifconfig dummy <ipaddr>'
then
'route add -net <netipaddr> eth0'
all is well but I can't reach that interface even with ping.
Where to read about it!!!!
Looking forward to hear from you
Regards,
Artie
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