I can't think of a way unless you run some sort of virtualization software on one of your systems. If you did that, you would essentially have two interfaces to switch: a virtual one that connects to a VM and a physical one.
--Justin On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:31 AM, Sean Law wrote: > Hello dear officer, > > I have successfully installed Open vSwitch and initialized it as a normal > switch by connecting port eth0. I am trying to test its special functions > comparing with other normal layer 2 switches. Would you please tell me the > testing procedures, more specifically, I have only one network card (and 1 > physical port) on my laptop, but my friend has another computer and another > available network port, I wonder if it is possible to connect our network > together and how to perform to let these two OvS act like one normal swtich? > > Thank you very much, we have tried several time but always fails. I really > appreciate your help. > > Sincerely, > > -- > Sean Law > New York, USA > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org
