From fbc54c0b5ae6aed4f6dd64235ff66836ac42cf63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alex <alex@pdp7.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:11:13 +0100
Subject: Move remote networking notes to misc Linux stuff

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 blog/content/notes/tech/misc_linux_stuff.gmi | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/blog/content/notes/tech/misc_linux_stuff.gmi b/blog/content/notes/tech/misc_linux_stuff.gmi
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--- a/blog/content/notes/tech/misc_linux_stuff.gmi
+++ b/blog/content/notes/tech/misc_linux_stuff.gmi
@@ -84,3 +84,33 @@ Maps:
 * Left pedal to be a ctrl key
 * Center pedal to the toggle mute key
 * Right pedal to be Win+M (you can map this in Gnome to toggle mic status)
+
+## Remote networking
+
+If you can create a pipe between two hosts (using SSH, for example), you can use VDE (Virtual Distributed Ethernet) to connect the two hosts over a virtual network.
+
+You need the following programs on both hosts:
+
+* dpipe and vde_plug (on Debian, use the vdeplug package)
+* vde-switch (on Debian, use the vde-switch package)
+
+Run as root on both hosts:
+
+```
+vde_switch -t tap0
+```
+
+This command creates a virtual switch connected to tap0.
+
+Use the dpipe command to connect two instances of the vde_plug command running as root on both hosts.
+
+```
+$ dpipe sudo vde_plug = ssh root@remote vde_plug
+```
+
+Then bring the tap0 interface up and configure IP addresses on both hosts.
+
+```
+# ip link set tap0 up
+# ip addr add $IP/$NETMASK dev tap0
+```
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