.TH LIBVDEPLUG_NULL 1 "April 30, 2017" "Virtual Distributed Ethernet"
.SH NAME
libvdeplug_null - network terminator plug
.SH SYNOPSIS
libvdeplug_null.so
.SH DESCRIPTION
This is a libvdeplug module implementing a networking sink/terminator.

This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde like
\fBvde_plug\fR, \fBkvm\fR, \fBqemu\fR, \fBuser-mode-linux\fR and \fBvirtualbox\fR.

The vde_plug_url syntax of this module is the following:
.RS
.B null://
.br
.RE

This plug does not generate any networking traffic and all the packets sent to this plug get dropped.

.SH EXAMPLES
This command creates a switch (without the null plug the command vde_plug adds the stream stdin/stdout
as a node of the switch).
.B vde_plug null:// switch://tmp/myswitch
.br
.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_plug\fP(1),