$ ip link add vmg0 type veth peer name vmg1 $ ip a s 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master br0 state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 1e:3b:2f:5d:1a:4f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet6 fe80::1c3b:2fff:fe5d:1a4f/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 1e:3b:2f:5d:1a:4f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.2.51/24 brd 192.168.2.255 scope global br0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::1c3b:2fff:fe5d:1a4f/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 8: vmg1@vmg0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,M-DOWN> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 7a:37:b5:c3:a2:93 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 9: vmg0@vmg1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,M-DOWN> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 96:22:f4:ec:e7:92 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff