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36.Dd May 27, 2008
37.Dt vknet 1
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm vknet
41.Nd create a bridged network between two hosts over
42.Xr ssh 1
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm
45.Op Fl C
46.Op Fl b Ar local-bridge
47.Op Fl B Ar remote-bridge
48.Op Fl r Ar delay[:retries]
49.Ar local-spec
50.Ar [user@]host[:remote-spec]
51.Nm
52.Op Fl S
53.Op Fl b Ar local-bridge
54.Ar local
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm
58utility connects the local machine's network to the remote machine's
59network over a SSH connection.
60.Pp
61The local and remote specification
62typically supplies a path to a vknetd socket such as
63.Pa /dev/vknet ,
64but may also specify a
65.Xr tap 4
66interface or the
67.Ar auto
68keyword to automatically allocate a
69.Xr tap 4
70interface.
71.Pp
72If a TAP interface is used on any given side it can be bridged on that
73side.
74.Pp
75If a unix domain socket path is specified
76.Nm
77connects to use via the SOCK_SEQPACKET socket type.
78.Xr vknetd 8
79sockets cannot be bridged (but you don't want to anyway because vknetd
80is already typically connected to a potentially bridged TAP interface).
81.Pp
82The following options are available:
83.Bl -tag -width flag
84.It Fl C
85Request that
86.Xr ssh 1
87compress the connection.
88.It Fl b Ar local-bridge
89Specify that the local specification, which must be a TAP interface or
90.Ar auto ,
91be bridged to the specified bridge.
92.It Fl B Ar remote-bridge
93Specify that the remote specification, which must be a TAP interface or
94.Ar auto ,
95be bridged to the specified bridge on the remote side.
96.It Fl r Ar delay[:retries]
97If the link cannot be established or is lost, delay the specified number
98of seconds and retry.  If no retry limit is specified an infinite number
99of retries will be made.
100.It Fl S
101This option is used by the
102.Nm
103run on the remote side of the
104.Xr ssh 1
105link to use stdin and stdout as its
106remote specification.  This option is typically not specified manually.
107.El
108.Sh EXAMPLES
109.Li "vknet -r 5 /dev/vknet myhomesystem:/dev/vknet"
110.Pp
111.Li "vknet -r 5 -b bridge0 -B bridge0 auto myhomesystem:auto"
112.Sh REQUIREMENTS
113You may have to load the
114.Ar if_tap
115and/or
116.Ar if_bridge
117modules, or run
118.Xr vknetd 8
119to provide an interconnect to the local and remote machine's nework.
120.Sh FILES
121.Bl -tag -width /var/log/lastlog -compact
122.It Pa /dev/tap*
123TAP interface used to route packets from userland providers back into the
124real machine.  If not otherwise specified an unused TAP interface will be
125selected.
126.Pp
127.It Pa /dev/vknet
128Socket
129.Nm
130typically connects to, established by
131.Xr vknetd 8 .
132.El
133.Sh BUGS
134There are currently no known bugs.
135.Sh SEE ALSO
136.Xr vke 4 ,
137.Xr vkernel 7 ,
138.Xr vknetd 8
139.Sh HISTORY
140The
141.Nm
142command was written by Matthew Dillon and first appeared in
143.Dx 1.13
144in May 2008.
145