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><P
>  IPTraf currently supports the following network interface types and names.</P
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><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
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><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"
>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
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>  Your system's network interfaces must be named according
  to the schemes specified above.</P
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