NAME

     edsc — Ethernet discard network interface

SYNOPSIS

     device edsc

DESCRIPTION

     The edsc interface is a software discard mechanism which may be used for performance analysis and software
     testing.  It imitates an Ethernet device, which allows for its use in conjunction with such drivers as
     if_bridge(4) and vlan(4).

     As with other network interfaces, an edsc interface must have network addresses assigned for each address
     family with which it is to be used.  These addresses may be set or changed with the SIOCSIFADDR ioctl(2) or
     ifconfig(8) utility.

     Each edsc interface is created at runtime using interface cloning.  This is most easily done with the
     ifconfig(8) create command or using the cloned_interfaces variable in rc.conf(5).

SEE ALSO

     ioctl(2), arp(4), if_bridge(4), inet(4), intro(4), vlan(4), rc.conf(5), arp(8), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

     The edsc device was derived from the disc(4) device and first appeared in FreeBSD 6.3.  This manpage was
     adapted from disc(4).

CAVEATS

     Since outgoing packets are just discarded by edsc, ARP requests stay unreplied.  Consequently, an IP packet
     cannot be sent via edsc until a static arp(4) entry is created for its next hop using arp(8).

     Initially an edsc interface has a zero link level address.  It can be changed with ifconfig(8) lladdr if
     needed.