Hello,
I run the last version of openmediavault on my DIY NAS, in which I have this motherboard : ASRock H470M-ITX/AC
On this motherboard, I have 2 ethernets ports (1GBPS and 2,5GBPS) and a wifi card.
But in the OMV network interface page, I don't understand, there are so many intefaces.
There is the eno1 which is enabled and blinks when I use the 'identify' button, on which is connected my ethernet cable. Ok.
But I wanted to simply have and display my 2 ethernet ports + my wifi card. But when I run ip a, or even when I click add, there are more than 10 interfaces.
Could you please help me understand why, and moreover what do they represent.
(Bonus question: how can I use my wifi card to make a wifi hotspot ?)
Thank you for your time.
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Here is the content of ip a:
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: enp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether a8:a1:59:52:38:24 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether a8:a1:59:52:38:26 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.140/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic eno1
valid_lft 42613sec preferred_lft 42613sec
5: wlp1s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether bc:17:b8:4f:90:1b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: br-1adad1d2b05a: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default
link/ether 02:42:8f:19:80:0c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.112.1/20 brd 192.168.127.255 scope global br-1adad1d2b05a
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::42:8fff:fe19:800c/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
10: br-bd431c298a53: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default
link/ether 02:42:2c:13:d2:75 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.144.1/20 brd 192.168.159.255 scope global br-bd431c298a53
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::42:2cff:fe13:d275/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
11: br-c089f8e2a16d: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default
link/ether 02:42:17:30:12:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 172.28.0.1/16 brd 172.28.255.255 scope global br-c089f8e2a16d
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::42:17ff:fe30:12fd/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
12: br-ccb0f2bd7582: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default
link/ether 02:42:6b:db:48:39 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 172.23.0.1/16 brd 172.23.255.255 scope global br-ccb0f2bd7582
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::42:6bff:fedb:4839/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
13: docker0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default
link/ether 02:42:7f:07:1d:8b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 172.17.0.1/16 brd 172.17.255.255 scope global docker0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::42:7fff:fe07:1d8b/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
15: veth403b79c@if14: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state UP group default
link/ether be:3d:f8:cc:5c:8d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 0
inet6 fe80::bc3d:f8ff:fecc:5c8d/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
17: vethd310785@if16: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br-bd431c298a53 state UP group default
link/ether fe:ca:60:b8:fd:8e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 13
inet6 fe80::fcca:60ff:feb8:fd8e/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
23: vethbc78837@if22: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br-1adad1d2b05a state UP group default
link/ether 5a:eb:aa:2f:ca:cc brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 10
inet6 fe80::58eb:aaff:fe2f:cacc/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
25: vetha26120a@if24: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br-ccb0f2bd7582 state UP group default
link/ether f2:92:20:ac:50:1a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 6
inet6 fe80::f092:20ff:feac:501a/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
33: vethcd1e3a8@if32: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br-bd431c298a53 state UP group default
link/ether f6:ce:bc:9c:54:42 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 9
inet6 fe80::f4ce:bcff:fe9c:5442/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
35: veth0e7c635@if34: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state UP group default
link/ether 82:71:23:99:a3:2d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 8
inet6 fe80::8071:23ff:fe99:a32d/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
39: veth7ef70a7@if38: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state UP group default
link/ether 7a:88:98:17:09:1c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 7
inet6 fe80::7888:98ff:fe17:91c/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
41: veth7745679@if40: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state UP group default
link/ether 2e:e5:29:7c:7c:0b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 11
inet6 fe80::2ce5:29ff:fe7c:7c0b/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
43: vethfeb4bc3@if42: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br-c089f8e2a16d state UP group default
link/ether 2a:4d:e9:9b:f1:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 14
inet6 fe80::284d:e9ff:fe9b:f1fd/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
45: veth50827a6@if44: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br-c089f8e2a16d state UP group default
link/ether 96:07:ae:33:a8:68 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 15
inet6 fe80::9407:aeff:fe33:a868/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
53: veth08dd8ed@if52: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state DOWN group default
link/ether fa:ee:df:96:cb:bb brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 5
55: vethb7134b2@if54: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state UP group default
link/ether 36:3e:25:74:b4:48 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 12
inet6 fe80::343e:25ff:fe74:b448/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
59: vethd92e280@if58: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state UP group default
link/ether ba:d1:48:3e:83:61 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 4
inet6 fe80::b8d1:48ff:fe3e:8361/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
79: veth978d508@if78: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br-ccb0f2bd7582 state UP group default
link/ether 76:da:c9:d5:25:22 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 16
inet6 fe80::74da:c9ff:fed5:2522/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
81: veth01300ba@if80: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br-ccb0f2bd7582 state DOWN group default
link/ether 62:08:f7:89:d4:bf brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 1
83: veth1870300@if82: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br-ccb0f2bd7582 state UP group default
link/ether f6:88:0b:d4:02:71 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 2
inet6 fe80::f488:bff:fed4:271/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever