.TH SLIRPVDE 1 "December 6, 2006" "Virtual Distributed Ethernet"
.SH NAME
slirpvde \- Virtual Distributed Ethernet-Slirp interface
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B slirpvde
[
.B \-sock
.I socketpath
]
[
.B \-network
.I netaddr
]
[
.B \-dhcp
]
[
.B \-L
.I port
.B :
.I vde_host
.B :
.I vde_hostport
]
[
.B \-X
.I vde_host
[
.B :
.I display
[
.B .
.I screen
]
]
]
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.B slirpvde
[
.B \-s
.I socketpath
]
[
.B \-n
.I netaddr
]
[
.B \-D
]
[
.B \-L
.I port
.B :
.I vde_host
.B :
.I vde_hostport
]
[
.B \-X
.I vde_host
[
.B :
.I display
[
.B .
.I screen
]
]
]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBslirpvde\fP 
is a slirp interface for a VDE network.

Slirpvde connects all the units (virtual or real machines) to the network
of the host where slirpvde runs as it were a NAT/Masquerading router.
The default route is the node 2 (10.0.2.2 in the default network
configuration) and DNS is re-mapped in node 3 (10.0.2.3).

Slirpvde runs using standard user privileges (no need for root access): 
all the connections are re-generated by slirpvde itself.

IPv4 only. IPv6 is still unsupported.

\fB-sock\fP is used to specify the VDE switch (default /tmp/vde.ctl)

\fB-dhcp\fP turns on the dhcp server for the network autoconfiguration of
all the units connected to the VDE.

\fB-netaddr\fP is used to specify the network address (default 10.0.2.0).

\fB-L \fIport\fR:\fIvde_host\fR:\fIvde_hostport\fR specifies a port redirection.
All the packet received by the host running slirpvde at port \fIport\fR
will be forwarded to \fIvde_host\fR at port \fIvde_hostport\fR.

\fB-X \fIvde_host\fR[:\fIdisplay\fR.[\fIscreen\fR]] is the option to
redirect a X window screen. Slirpvde gets the first unused X display on the
host running slirpvde and redirects all the requests to \fIvde_host\fR.
\fIdisplay\fR and \fIscreen\fR] must be specified when different from :0.0.

.SH NOTICE
Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with
www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik"
i.e. the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information
Technologies").

.SH SEE ALSO
\fBvde_switch\fP(1),
\fBvde_plug\fP(1),
\fBvde_plug2tap\fP(1),
\fBdpipe\fP(1).
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.SH AUTHOR
VDE is a project by Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>.
Slirp code is by Danny Gasparovsky.
Bootp/DHCP code is by Fabrice Bellard.