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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers bring up/down numerous interfaces Post 302453295 by ProGrammar on Tuesday 14th of September 2010 06:14:46 PM
Old 09-14-2010
  • get a list of each interface
    • i.e. do an ifconfig -a, then grep for the common keyword denominating each virtual interface
  • extract the part of each result from grep, possibly using something to the following effect
Code:
$ ifconfig -a | egrep "ce[0-9]*" | awk '{ print $[/B]<#> }'



where <#> represents the column number (in order from left-to-right starting at 1) containing the unique interface id, it's prolly $1 for first column, if memory serves me proper!

if the above command statement works (or whatever you get to work), then store it to a variable and run a for-loop on it

e.g. if the above worked perfectly...

Code:
$ TEMPLIST=`ifconfig -a | egrep "ce[0-9]*" | awk '{ print $

Code:
<#>[B] }'`

#note that the commandstatement is enclosed in back-quotes (key next to number-1 and usually on same key with ~

Then run whatever set of commands you want done for each interface

Code:
$ for i in $TEMPLIST
do
command1 $i
done

where $i will represent the interface name in each iteration of the for-loop; you can substitute i with any expression, but when writing the command statement to be performed for each interface (after the do statement), represent interface name with whatever subsitute for i you use, precede with $ (like any normal variable)

for-loop uses i as a variable to represent each entry in the $TEMPLIST

hope that makes sense
should work like a charm
Last edited by pludi; 09-15-2010 at 07:58 AM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT

epair

EPAIR(4)                                                   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual                                                   EPAIR(4)

NAME

     epair -- A pair of virtual back-to-back connected Ethernet interfaces.

SYNOPSIS

     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

           device epair

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

           if_epair_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

     The epair is a pair of Ethernet-like software interfaces, which are connected back-to-back with a virtual cross-over cable.

     Each epair interface pair is created at runtime using interface cloning.  This is most easily done with the ifconfig(8) create command or
     using the cloned_interfaces variable in rc.conf(5).  While for cloning you only give either epair or epair<n> the epair pair will be named
     like epair<n>[ab].  This means the names of the first epair interfaces will be epair0a and epair0b.

     Like any other Ethernet interface, an epair needs to have a network address.  Each epair will be assigned a locally administered address by
     default, that is only guaranteed to be unique within one network stack.  To change the default addresses one may use the SIOCSIFADDR ioctl(2)
     or ifconfig(8) utility.

     The basic intend is to provide connectivity between two virtual network stack instances.  When connected to a if_bridge(4) one end of the
     interface pair can also be part of another (virtual) LAN.  As with any other Ethernet interface one can configure vlan(4) support on top of
     it.

SEE ALSO

     ioctl(2), altq(4), bpf(4), if_bridge(4), vlan(4), loader.conf(5,) rc.conf(5), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

     The epair interface first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

AUTHORS

     The epair interface was written by Bjoern A. Zeeb, CK Software GmbH, under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

BSD                                                                July 26, 2009                                                               BSD
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