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→Creating veth without OpenVZ: Answer Vi2's question (by xkr47)
ifconfig veth0 192.168.0.1
ifconfig veth1 192.168.0.2</pre>
Answer: Enable CONFIG_VETH in your kernel, load the veth module and create a new pair with the 'ip' command from the [http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2 iproute2 package].
<pre>modprobe veth
ip link add name veth0 type veth peer name veth1
ifconfig veth0 192.168.0.1
ifconfig veth1 192.168.0.2</pre>
You may also want to check out this [ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/bifrost/seminars/workshop-2010-01-27/jens/Namespaces.pdf presentation on namespaces in Linux].
