What is tap0 interface seen when running ifconfig command in a xen host?

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Issue

  • What is tap0 interface seen when running ifconfig command in a xen host?

tap0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr E2:B5:6B:2F:32:65 
          inet6 addr: fe80::e0b5:6bff:fe2f:3265/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:38757 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:77643 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
          RX bytes:7267078 (6.9 MiB)  TX bytes:21648960 (20.6 MiB)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Xen

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