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| ==== Certain Types of Network Interfaces ==== | ==== Certain Types of Network Interfaces ==== |
| Network interfaces can be distinguished, by software, by what the interface uses (physical devices & software features) to transmit data.\\ | Network interfaces can be distinguished, by software, by what the interface uses (physical devices & software features) to transmit data.\\ |
| E.g.: Network interface (uses a NIC), wireless interface (uses a wireless NIC), loopback interface, bridge interface (uses bridging feature of software), 802.1q vlan interface (uses vlan feature of software), veth interface (uses virtual ethernet feature of software), tunnel interface (uses tunnelling feature of software), dummy interface, etc. | For example: Ethernet interface (uses a NIC), wireless interface (uses a wireless NIC), loopback interface, bridge interface (uses bridging feature of software), 802.1q vlan interface (uses vlan feature of software), veth interface (uses virtual ethernet feature of software), tunnel interface (uses tunnelling feature of software), dummy interface, etc. |
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| * <color maroon>**//Ethernet Interfaces//**</color>: ''eth0'', ''eth1'', etc.\\ are created using ethernet devices (switches, NICs, virtual NICs, etc.). As soon as the [[https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.html| Ethernet Device driver]] is loaded on the kernel, the driver creates the corresponding network interface. | * <color maroon>**//Ethernet Interfaces//**</color>: ''eth0'', ''eth1'', etc.\\ are created using ethernet devices (switches, NICs, virtual NICs, etc.). As soon as the [[https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.html| Ethernet Device driver]] is loaded on the kernel, the driver creates the corresponding network interface. |