Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-07-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 29 July 2018 12:17:39 BST Andrew Savchenko wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:15:03 +0100 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I'm trying to learn how to use the "ip" command to manage routing on one > > of my boxes, which has two Ethernet interfaces. > > > > Can anyone recommend

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-07-29 Thread Andrew Savchenko
On Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:15:03 +0100 Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm trying to learn how to use the "ip" command to manage routing on one of > my > boxes, which has two Ethernet interfaces. > > Can anyone recommend suitable reading material? I don't mind paying for a > book, provided

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-06-11 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 10 June 2018 17:58:35 BST Grant Taylor wrote: --->8 much detail that makes me feel a bit faint... > IMHO the biggest issue is that you have to understand what you want to do > and then translate it to the proper ip commands to do it. You need that > high level blueprint (if you will)

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-06-10 Thread Grant Taylor
On 06/10/2018 01:13 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: I'll respond later with more details as to what I do to run various things in Network Namespaces. I create the following directories ("mkdir -p" type thing): - /run/mountns/$NSname - /run/netns/$NSname - /utsns/$NSname First I create the Namespac

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-06-10 Thread Grant Taylor
On 06/10/2018 12:22 PM, Andrew Udvare wrote: Is it possible to have a VPN clent set up in one of these namespaces and route certain traffic through it from the main stack? I see no reason why it couldn't. It may be entertaining to start and stop the VPN client. I'll respond later with more de

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-06-10 Thread Andrew Udvare
On 06/10/2018 12:58 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: > It helps if I actually add the foot note. > > On 06/10/2018 10:38 AM, Grant Taylor wrote: >> I will say that you'll likely need other systems [1] to test things >> like tunnels to / between. > > [1] You can easily have one machine be multiple systems

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-06-10 Thread Grant Taylor
It helps if I actually add the foot note. On 06/10/2018 10:38 AM, Grant Taylor wrote: I will say that you'll likely need other systems [1] to test things like tunnels to / between. [1] You can easily have one machine be multiple systems via Network Namespaces. I routinely use Network Namesp

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-06-10 Thread Grant Taylor
On 06/10/2018 07:15 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: Hello list, Hi, I'm trying to learn how to use the "ip" command to manage routing on one of my boxes, which has two Ethernet interfaces. Cool. There's a LOT that you can do. I will say that you'll likely need other systems [1] to test things l

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-06-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:52:48 BST Mick wrote: > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:22:18 BST Andrew Udvare wrote: > > > On 2018-06-10, at 09:15, Peter Humphrey wrote: --->8 > To thumb through the man pages you need to extend man ip with the OBJECT. > Same applies with --help pages. > > For example, to

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-06-10 Thread Mick
On Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:22:18 BST Andrew Udvare wrote: > > On 2018-06-10, at 09:15, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Hello list, > > > > I'm trying to learn how to use the "ip" command to manage routing on one > > of my boxes, which has two Ethernet interfaces. > > If you're using systemd, you

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-06-10 Thread Andrew Udvare
> On 2018-06-10, at 09:15, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > I'm trying to learn how to use the "ip" command to manage routing on one of > my > boxes, which has two Ethernet interfaces. If you're using systemd, you can set it up with systemd.network in /etc/systemd/network. I do th

[gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

2018-06-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, I'm trying to learn how to use the "ip" command to manage routing on one of my boxes, which has two Ethernet interfaces. Can anyone recommend suitable reading material? I don't mind paying for a book, provided that it's reasonably up to date and won't bury me in a morass of bit pat