netdev
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: RFC: Redirect-Device

To: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: RFC: Redirect-Device
From: Pekka Savola <pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:28:44 +0300 (EEST)
Cc: "'netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx'" <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <424CDBA9.80703@candelatech.com>
References: <424C6089.1080507@candelatech.com> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0504010801170.6417@netcore.fi> <424CDBA9.80703@candelatech.com>
Sender: netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Ben Greear wrote:
Is there something in your problem statement I'm missing?

That would be similar to what I'm doing, but I'm not really trying to tunnel anything. I am trying to duplicate the behaviour of two ethernet interfaces connected by an external cross-over cable, and I'm trying to duplicate it at the network-device interface level so that common tools (and my own tools) can treat these virtual interfaces just like ethernet interfaces.

Oh ok, what you seem to want is some kind of "Ethernet loopback++", but the "looped" packets should come back from a virtual interface instead of the same interface?


Btw, does the kernel support traditional loopback, so that at the last stage, just before sending a packet on the wire, it would be pushed back.

--
Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>