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  75 >Supported Network Interfaces</A
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  77 ><P
  78 >  IPTraf currently supports the following network interface types and names.</P
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  80 ></P
  81 ><DIV
  82 CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
  83 ><DL
  84 ><DT
  85 ><TT
  86 CLASS="FILENAME"
  87 >lo</TT
  88 ></DT
  89 ><DD
  90 ><P
  91 >     The loopback interface. Every machine has one, and has an IP address
  92   of 127.0.0.1. <TT
  93 CLASS="FILENAME"
  94 >lo</TT
  95 > is also indicated if data
  96   is detected on the
  97 <TT
  98 CLASS="FILENAME"
  99 >dummy<TT
 100 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 101 ><I
 102 >n</I
 103 ></TT
 104 ></TT
 105 > interface(s).</P
 106 ></DD
 107 ><DT
 108 ><TT
 109 CLASS="FILENAME"
 110 >eth<TT
 111 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 112 ><I
 113 >n</I
 114 ></TT
 115 ></TT
 116 ></DT
 117 ><DD
 118 ><P
 119 >     An Ethernet interface. <TT
 120 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 121 ><I
 122 >n</I
 123 ></TT
 124 > starts from 0.
 125   Therefore, <TT
 126 CLASS="FILENAME"
 127 >eth0</TT
 128 > refers to the first
 129   Ethernet interface, <TT
 130 CLASS="FILENAME"
 131 >eth1</TT
 132 > to the second, and
 133   so on. Most machines only have one.</P
 134 ></DD
 135 ><DT
 136 ><TT
 137 CLASS="FILENAME"
 138 >fddi<TT
 139 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 140 ><I
 141 >n</I
 142 ></TT
 143 ></TT
 144 ></DT
 145 ><DD
 146 ><P
 147 >     An FDDI interface. <TT
 148 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 149 ><I
 150 >n</I
 151 ></TT
 152 > starts from 0.</P
 153 ></DD
 154 ><DT
 155 ><TT
 156 CLASS="FILENAME"
 157 >tr<TT
 158 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 159 ><I
 160 >n</I
 161 ></TT
 162 ></TT
 163 ></DT
 164 ><DD
 165 ><P
 166 >     A Token Ring interface, where <TT
 167 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 168 ><I
 169 >n</I
 170 ></TT
 171 > starts from 0.</P
 172 ></DD
 173 ><DT
 174 ><TT
 175 CLASS="FILENAME"
 176 >ppp<TT
 177 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 178 ><I
 179 >n</I
 180 ></TT
 181 ></TT
 182 ></DT
 183 ><DD
 184 ><P
 185 >     A PPP interface. <TT
 186 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 187 ><I
 188 >n</I
 189 ></TT
 190 > starts from 0.</P
 191 ></DD
 192 ><DT
 193 ><TT
 194 CLASS="FILENAME"
 195 >sli<TT
 196 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 197 ><I
 198 >n</I
 199 ></TT
 200 ></TT
 201 ></DT
 202 ><DD
 203 ><P
 204 >A SLIP interface. <TT
 205 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 206 ><I
 207 >n</I
 208 ></TT
 209 > starts from 0.</P
 210 ></DD
 211 ><DT
 212 ><TT
 213 CLASS="FILENAME"
 214 >ippp<TT
 215 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 216 ><I
 217 >n</I
 218 ></TT
 219 ></TT
 220 ></DT
 221 ><DD
 222 ><P
 223 >     A synchronous PPP interface using ISDN.
 224 <TT
 225 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 226 ><I
 227 >n</I
 228 ></TT
 229 > starts from 0.</P
 230 ></DD
 231 ><DT
 232 ><TT
 233 CLASS="FILENAME"
 234 >isdn<TT
 235 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 236 ><I
 237 >n</I
 238 ></TT
 239 ></TT
 240 ></DT
 241 ><DD
 242 ><P
 243 >  ISDN interfaces can be given arbitrary names, but for them to work
 244   with IPTraf, they must
 245   be named <TT
 246 CLASS="FILENAME"
 247 >isdn<TT
 248 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 249 ><I
 250 >n</I
 251 ></TT
 252 ></TT
 253 >.
 254   IPTraf supports synchronous PPP
 255   (the <TT
 256 CLASS="FILENAME"
 257 >ippp<TT
 258 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 259 ><I
 260 >n</I
 261 ></TT
 262 ></TT
 263 >
 264   interfaces above), raw IP, and Cisco-HDLC encapsulation.</P
 265 ></DD
 266 ><DT
 267 ><TT
 268 CLASS="FILENAME"
 269 >plip<TT
 270 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 271 ><I
 272 >n</I
 273 ></TT
 274 ></TT
 275 ></DT
 276 ><DD
 277 ><P
 278 >     PLIP interfaces. These are point-to-point IP connections using the PC
 279      parallel port.</P
 280 ></DD
 281 ><DT
 282 ><TT
 283 CLASS="FILENAME"
 284 >ipsec<TT
 285 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 286 ><I
 287 >n</I
 288 ></TT
 289 ></TT
 290 ></DT
 291 ><DD
 292 ><P
 293 >     This refers to Free s/WAN (and possibly other) logical VPN interfaces.</P
 294 ></DD
 295 ><DT
 296 ><TT
 297 CLASS="FILENAME"
 298 >sbni<TT
 299 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 300 ><I
 301 >n</I
 302 ></TT
 303 ></TT
 304 ></DT
 305 ><DD
 306 ><P
 307 >     SBNI long-range modem interfaces</P
 308 ></DD
 309 ><DT
 310 ><TT
 311 CLASS="FILENAME"
 312 >dvb<TT
 313 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 314 ><I
 315 >n</I
 316 ></TT
 317 ></TT
 318 >,
 319 <TT
 320 CLASS="FILENAME"
 321 >sm200</TT
 322 >, <TT
 323 CLASS="FILENAME"
 324 >sm300</TT
 325 ></DT
 326 ><DD
 327 ><P
 328 >     DVB satellite-receive interfaces</P
 329 ></DD
 330 ><DT
 331 ><TT
 332 CLASS="FILENAME"
 333 >wlan<TT
 334 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 335 ><I
 336 >n</I
 337 ></TT
 338 ></TT
 339 >,
 340 <TT
 341 CLASS="FILENAME"
 342 >wvlan<TT
 343 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 344 ><I
 345 >n</I
 346 ></TT
 347 ></TT
 348 ></DT
 349 ><DD
 350 ><P
 351 >    Wireless LAN interfaces</P
 352 ></DD
 353 ><DT
 354 ><TT
 355 CLASS="FILENAME"
 356 >tun<TT
 357 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 358 ><I
 359 >n</I
 360 ></TT
 361 ></TT
 362 ></DT
 363 ><DD
 364 ><P
 365 >general logical tunnel interfaces</P
 366 ></DD
 367 ><DT
 368 ><TT
 369 CLASS="FILENAME"
 370 >brg<TT
 371 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 372 ><I
 373 >n</I
 374 ></TT
 375 ></TT
 376 ></DT
 377 ><DD
 378 ><P
 379 >general logical bridge interfaces</P
 380 ></DD
 381 ><DT
 382 ><TT
 383 CLASS="FILENAME"
 384 >hdlc<TT
 385 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 386 ><I
 387 >n</I
 388 ></TT
 389 ></TT
 390 ></DT
 391 ><DD
 392 ><P
 393 >     Frame Relay base (FRAD) interfaces (non-PVC)</P
 394 ></DD
 395 ><DT
 396 ><TT
 397 CLASS="FILENAME"
 398 >pvc<TT
 399 CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
 400 ><I
 401 >n</I
 402 ></TT
 403 ></TT
 404 ></DT
 405 ><DD
 406 ><P
 407 >     Frame Relay Permanent Virtual Circuit interfaces</P
 408 ></DD
 409 ></DL
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 411 ><P
 412 >  Your system's network interfaces must be named according
 413   to the schemes specified above.</P
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