On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 07:04:22PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> Surely if you are using NetworkManager you would just do it with nmcli.
> I can't recite the incantations off the top of my head but I imagine
> that creating a new interface is pretty simple.
My first web search led me to:
$ sudo nmcli conn add \
type dummy \
ifname ospf-lo \
ipv4.method manual \
ipv4.address 10.0.0.1/32 \
ipv6.method disable
Connection 'dummy-ospf-lo' (c21bdb21-375f-484b-9c7e-4d088c139fc3) successfully
added.
$ ip a sh dev ospf-lo
6: ospf-lo: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
group default qlen 1000
link/ether 42:39:23:bd:ab:e1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.0.0.1/32 scope global noprefixroute ospf-lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
Thanks,
Andy
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