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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Supported Network Interfaces</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.64 "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="IPTraf User's Manual" HREF="manual.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Preparing to Use IPTraf" HREF="preparingtouse.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Screen Update Delays" HREF="updates.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="The IP Traffic Monitor" HREF="itrafmon.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >IPTraf User's Manual</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="updates.html" ><<< Previous</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Preparing to Use IPTraf</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="itrafmon.html" >Next >>></A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="IFACES" >Supported Network Interfaces</A ></H1 ><P > IPTraf currently supports the following network interface types and names.</P ><P ></P ><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >lo</TT ></DT ><DD ><P > The loopback interface. Every machine has one, and has an IP address of 127.0.0.1. <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >lo</TT > is also indicated if data is detected on the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >dummy<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT > interface(s).</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >eth<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > An Ethernet interface. <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT > starts from 0. Therefore, <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >eth0</TT > refers to the first Ethernet interface, <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >eth1</TT > to the second, and so on. Most machines only have one.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >fddi<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > An FDDI interface. <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT > starts from 0.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >tr<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > A Token Ring interface, where <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT > starts from 0.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >ppp<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > A PPP interface. <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT > starts from 0.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >sli<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P >A SLIP interface. <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT > starts from 0.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >ippp<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > A synchronous PPP interface using ISDN. <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT > starts from 0.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >isdn<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > ISDN interfaces can be given arbitrary names, but for them to work with IPTraf, they must be named <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >isdn<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT >. IPTraf supports synchronous PPP (the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >ippp<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT > interfaces above), raw IP, and Cisco-HDLC encapsulation.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >plip<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > PLIP interfaces. These are point-to-point IP connections using the PC parallel port.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >ipsec<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > This refers to Free s/WAN (and possibly other) logical VPN interfaces.</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >sbni<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > SBNI long-range modem interfaces</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >dvb<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT >, <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >sm200</TT >, <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >sm300</TT ></DT ><DD ><P > DVB satellite-receive interfaces</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >wlan<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT >, <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >wvlan<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > Wireless LAN interfaces</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >tun<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P >general logical tunnel interfaces</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >brg<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P >general logical bridge interfaces</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >hdlc<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > Frame Relay base (FRAD) interfaces (non-PVC)</P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="FILENAME" >pvc<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > Frame Relay Permanent Virtual Circuit interfaces</P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ><P > Your system's network interfaces must be named according to the schemes specified above.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="updates.html" ><<< Previous</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="manual.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="itrafmon.html" >Next >>></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Screen Update Delays</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="preparingtouse.html" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >The IP Traffic Monitor</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >