LIBVDEPLUG_NULL(1) General Commands Manual LIBVDEPLUG_NULL(1)
NAME
libvdeplug_null - network terminator plug
SYNOPSIS
libvdeplug_null.so
DESCRIPTION
This is a libvdeplug module implementing a networking sink/terminator.
This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde
like vde_plug, kvm, qemu, user-mode-linux and virtualbox.
The vde_plug_url syntax of this module is the following:
null://
This plug does not generate any networking traffic and all the packets
sent to this plug get dropped.
EXAMPLES
This command creates a switch (without the null plug the command
vde_plug adds the stream stdin/stdout as a node of the switch).
vde_plug null:// switch://tmp/myswitch
NOTICE
Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with www.vde.com
("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik" i.e.
the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Tech-
nologies").
SEE ALSO
vde_plug(1),
Virtual Distributed Ethernet April 30, 2017 LIBVDEPLUG_NULL(1)
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