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How can I create a virtual interface, that connects to the same network as the physical interface? I tried searching around but all I found is loopback. I need the other end of the wire recognizes this as two interface, so loopback won't do it. Hypervisors like VMWare have an option to do exactly this (VM and host are recognized as two devices on router's arp table), but in my situation using a VM is pretty much overkill. I just want another connection, or maybe some apps that can behave as a "virtual switch".
I'm on Windows, and it should be like this.
Seems like I'm not the only one having this problem. Someone here and here have also asked but there's no acceptable answer. My apologize, but it is extremely hard to search for this problem.
My OS is Windows 7. But I can move to windows 8.1 or 10 if needed. – tvc – 2018-02-28T04:32:49.750
?? https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb740792.aspx
– Tony Stewart Sunnyskyguy EE75 – 2018-02-28T04:45:33.260That kind of defeat the point since I'll need a hypervisor anyway. Or do I? – tvc – 2018-02-28T04:47:30.770
So apparently there are no separate app that can do this and I have to move everything to windows 10 but anyway, thank you. – tvc – 2018-02-28T05:10:18.357
The problem is a full-blown VM is overkill when all I need is just a virtual interface. – tvc – 2018-02-28T06:00:22.330
nvm. I got my job done using a spare linux box with a couple ip link adds. But if you can provide the procedure on Windows that's fine too, I'll mark it as answer since I'm originally asked for Windows. – tvc – 2018-03-01T09:21:00.337