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VDE_PCAPPLUG(1)		    General Commands Manual	       VDE_PCAPPLUG(1)

NAME
       vde_pcapplug - Virtual Distributed Ethernet libpcap cable

SYNOPSIS
       vde_pcapplug [OPTION]...	interface

DESCRIPTION
       vde_pcapplug is a plug to be connected into a VDE switch.  All the data
       that  is	 catched by the	plug is	injected into interface	and everything
       from that interface is sent in the switch.

OPTIONS
       -p, --port=portnum
	      It is possible to	decide which port of the switch	to use.	  When
	      this option is not specified the switch assigns the first	avail-
	      able  unused  port  (if any).  It	is possible to connect several
	      cables in	the same switch	port: in this way all this cables work
	      concurrently.  It	means that packet can result as	duplicate  but
	      no  ARP  table  loops are	generated.  Is useful when vde is used
	      for mobility. Several physical interfaces	can be used at a  time
	      during handoffs to prevent hichups in connectivity.

       -g, --group=group
	      group  ownership	of the communication socket. For security when
	      more want	to share a switch it is	better to use a	unix group  to
	      own  the	comm  sockets  so  that	 the network traffic cannot be
	      sniffed.

       -m, --mod=octal-mode
	      octal chmod like permissions for the comm	sockets

       -s, --sock=socket
	      specify the UNIX socket to be used by local programs for joining
	      the VDE.	The default value is "/tmp/vde.ctl".

       -d, --daemon
	      start vde_plug2tap as a background process

       -P, --pidfile=pidfile
	      put the process ID of vde_plug2tap in pidfile. Can be used  with
	      --daemon to store	the PID	for future killing.

       -h, --help
	      show a brief help

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_switch(1), vde_plug(1), vdeq(1), dpipe(1).

AUTHOR
       VDE is a	project	by Renzo Davoli	<renzo@cs.unibo.it>

Virtual	Distributed Ethernet	August 20, 2008		       VDE_PCAPPLUG(1)

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