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Re:Start Self Hosting by rsync on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @06:05PM (#30784097)
A network slug does not have an IP address. You cannot connect to it over the network. I'm not sure you understand what the device is and what it does.

Let me give you an example - I have a "port 22 slug" and what it does is block all traffic of all kinds except for TCP22. That's it. It does nothing else and it does it transparently without having an IP address of its own. If I wanted to reconfigure it, I would connect with a serial console.

Make sense ?

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Re:Start Self Hosting by egberts1 on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @07:14PM (#30784773)
Yep. That’s why a lone but shadow port is taken from the high-end of ports … just for SSH (on the inside). Two interfaces. No bridge. Raw Netdev.

Almost like an overglorified but managed hub.

If you like your MAC, you get to keep your MAC.

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