---
name: "libvdeplug_null"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vdeplug"
version: "4.0.1-5.1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libvdeplug_null"
---

# libvdeplug\_null(1)

network terminator plug

## NAME

libvdeplug\_null - network terminator plug

## SYNOPSIS

libvdeplug\_null.so

## DESCRIPTION

This is a libvdeplug module implementing a networking sink/terminator.

This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde like **vde\_plug**, **kvm**, **qemu**, **user-mode-linux** and **virtualbox**.

The vde\_plug\_url syntax of this module is the following:

**null://**\

This plug does not generate any networking traffic and all the packets sent to this plug get dropped.

## EXAMPLES

This command creates a switch (without the null plug the command vde\_plug adds the stream stdin/stdout as a node of the switch). **vde\_plug null:// switch://tmp/myswitch**\

## NOTICE

Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik" i.e. the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies").

## SEE ALSO

[**vde\_plug**(1)](/vde_plug/1.md),