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Author: Rainer Weikusat
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] ifconfig vs ip
Simon Walter <simon@???> writes:

[...]

> I am adding containers (LXC) and
> virtual network to the box, I think I will add an tap and bridge
> interface to an /etc/network/interface.d/ file. If I use something
> like:
>
> auto br0
> iface br0 inet static
>     pre-up ip tuntap add dev tap0 mode tap
>     pre-up ip link set tap0 up
>     post-down ip link set tap0 down
>     post-down ip tuntap del dev tap0 mode tap
>     bridge_ports tap0
>     address 10.1.1.1
>     netmask 255.255.255.0
>     broadcast 10.1.1.255

>
> And make sure there is the source /etc/network/interface.d/* line in
> the interfaces file. Then route with iptables between the a physical
> NIC (eth0 for example) and the virtual NIC (tap0) and have all the
> containers connected to br0.
>
> Are there any glaring problems with this setup?


This will create a bridge with one virtual network interface bridged to
a character device an application could use to talk 'ethernet' to the
network stack. That's certainly not inherently related to/ useful for
anything-lxc.