LO(4) - Device Drivers Manual # LO(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME # lo - software loopback network interface
SYNOPSIS # pseudo-device loop
DESCRIPTION # The loop interface is a software loopback mechanism which may be used for performance analysis, software testing, and/or local communication.
A loop interface can be created at runtime using the ifconfig lo‌N create command or by setting up a hostname.if(5) configuration file for netstart(8). The lo0 interface will always exist and cannot be destroyed using ifconfig(8).
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MPE(4) - Device Drivers Manual # MPE(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME # mpe - MPLS Provider Edge
SYNOPSIS # pseudo-device mpe
DESCRIPTION # The mpe interface is a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Provider Edge pseudo-device used to enter and leave an MPLS domain.
An mpe interface can be created at runtime using the ifconfig mpe‌N create command or by setting up a hostname.if(5) configuration file for netstart(8). The interface itself can be configured with ifconfig(8); see its manual page for more information.
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MPIP(4) - Device Drivers Manual # MPIP(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME # mpip - MPLS IP layer 2 pseudowire
SYNOPSIS # pseudo-device mpip
DESCRIPTION # The mpip interface is used to create an MPLS IP layer 2 tunnel between two points.
An mpip interface can be created at runtime using the ifconfig mpip‌N create command, or by setting up a hostname.if(5) configuration file for netstart(8). The interface itself can be configured with ifconfig(8).
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MPW(4) - Device Drivers Manual # MPW(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME # mpw - MPLS Ethernet pseudowire
SYNOPSIS # pseudo-device mpw
DESCRIPTION # The mpw interface is used to create an MPLS Ethernet layer 2 tunnel between two points.
An mpw interface can be created at runtime using the ifconfig mpw‌N create command or by setting up a hostname.if(5) configuration file for netstart(8). The interface itself can be configured with ifconfig(8).
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MYGATE(5) - File Formats Manual # MYGATE(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # mygate - default gateway
DESCRIPTION # The mygate file is read by netstart(8) at system startup time.
/etc/mygate, if it exists, contains the address of the gateway host. The gateway is added to the routing tables by the route(8) utility. If /etc/mygate does not exist, no default gateway is added to the routing tables. The file may contain gateway addresses for both IPv4 and IPv6 networks in dotted quad notation for v4 (e.
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Netintro NETINTRO(4) - Device Drivers Manual # NETINTRO(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME # netintro - introduction to networking facilities
SYNOPSIS # #include <sys/socket.h>
#include <net/route.h>
#include <net/if.h>
DESCRIPTION # This section is a general introduction to the networking facilities available in the system. Documentation in this part of section 4 is broken up into three areas: protocol families (domains), protocols, and network interfaces.
All network protocols are associated with a specific protocol family.
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NETSTART(8) - System Manager’s Manual # NETSTART(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # netstart - network startup script
SYNOPSIS # sh /etc/netstart [-n] [interface …]
DESCRIPTION # netstart is a sh(1) script invoked by rc(8) during an automatic reboot and after single-user mode is exited; it performs network initialization.
netstart can also be used to start newly created interfaces. Its behaviour is controlled to some extent by variables defined in rc.
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PAIR(4) - Device Drivers Manual # PAIR(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME # pair - virtual Ethernet interface pair
SYNOPSIS # pseudo-device pair
DESCRIPTION # The pair interface simulates a normal Ethernet interface by encapsulating standard network frames with an Ethernet header, specifically for use in a pair of interfaces that are interconnected with each other.
To use it, the administrator needs to create two pair interfaces and connect them; the interfaces are ‘patched’, as would be done with physical network ports.
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PPP(4) - Device Drivers Manual # PPP(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME # ppp - Point-to-Point Protocol network interface
SYNOPSIS # pseudo-device ppp
DESCRIPTION # The ppp interface allows serial lines to be used as network interfaces using the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).
A ppp interface can be created at runtime using the ifconfig ppp‌N create command or by setting up a hostname.if(5) configuration file for netstart(8).
DIAGNOSTICS # ppp0: afX not supported The interface was handed a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address family; the packet was dropped.
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PPPX(4) - Device Drivers Manual # PPPX(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME # pppx, pppac - PPP multiplexer device
SYNOPSIS # pseudo-device pppx
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <net/pipex.h>
DESCRIPTION # The pppx and pppac drivers works with the npppd(8) daemon to provide network interfaces for Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) sessions by request from the daemon. pppx operates by allocating a network interface for each PPP session. pppac concentrates multiple PPP sessions on a single network interface.
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