- network: A set of nodes and links between them
- node: A network namespace which represents any device in the network
- link: A pair of
veth network interfaces which are associated to separate nodes
- interface: an endpoint with one or more assigned IP addresses
- switch: A node containing a Linux layer 2 bridge and attached interfaces
- host: A node with several configured interfaces
- router: A host with IP forwarding enabled
- nat: A special type of router which implements network address translation between a set of south- and north-bound interfaces
Relationships
Gont and Namespaces
- for each node:
- a separate network namespace
- a separate uts namespace
- for a unique hostname within each node
- for each network:
- a separate mount namespace
- for a unique
/etc/hosts files between networks