.TH "UML_SWITCH" "1" 
.SH "NAME" 
uml_switch \(em switch daemon for user-mode Linux 
.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
.PP 
\fBuml_switch\fR [\fB-unix\fP \fIcontrol_socket\fR \fIdata_socket\fR]  [\fB-hub\fP]  [\fB-tap \fItun device\fR\fP]  [\fB-compat-v0\fP]  [\fB-daemon\fP]  
.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
.PP 
This manual page documents briefly the 
\fBuml_switch\fR program. 
.PP 
This manual page was written for the \fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP distribution 
because the original program does not have a manual page. 
.PP 
\fBuml_switch\fR is a daemon for managing a 
virtual network between user-mode Linux systems, with no 
connection to the host system's network. 
.PP 
It will listen for connections on a pair of UNIX domain 
sockets, and forward packets between clients which connect to 
them. 
.SH "OPTIONS" 
.IP "\fB-unix \fIcontrol_socket\fR \fIdata_socket\fR           \fP" 10 
Listen on the specified pair of sockets, instead of 
the defaults. 
.IP "\fB-hub\fP" 10 
Act like a hub.  This means that packets received will 
be broadcast over all virtual links.  The default is to act 
as a switch, where packets are only sent to the link 
matching the destination MAC address of the packet. 
.IP "\fB-tap \fItap device\fR\fP" 10 
Connect the switch to a dynamically created tap device 
on the host 
.IP "\fB-compat-v0\fP" 10 
Specify control protocol version 0 compatibility. 
.IP "\fB-daemon\fP" 10 
Run in the background as a daemon. 
.SH "SEE ALSO" 
.PP 
linux(1) 
.PP 
The \fIUserModeLinux-HOWTO (link to URL http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.html) \fR 
.SH "AUTHOR" 
.PP 
uml_switch was written by Jeff Dike and others. 
.PP 
This manual page was written by Matt Zimmerman mdz@debian.org for 
the \fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP system (but may be used by others).  Permission is 
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under 
the terms of the GNU Free Documentation 
License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free 
Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover 
Texts and no Back-Cover Texts. 
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