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  • I don't understand what it is you want to do, just something about how it should be implemented. So this feels like an XY problem: I want to do Y but I'm asking X. It would help if you have a specific scenario of commands you want to run, and how it is that having this be a device makes it work while using an IP address or DNS name doesn't. Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 14:13
  • Rocky - I would like to know if it is possible to create a "virtual NIC"... I have a small remote machine (alix) which has eth0 and wlan0. Everything is connected via Ethernet. I would like to be able to run my scripts locally (because all programs scripts can be run from a GUI) but on the remote NIC. I am not sure what the best scenario would be. Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 14:58
  • Restating what you say in the question isn't clarification. Be specific. Give specific commands you want to work that take device names. Other than things like tcpdump or wireshark, commands do not generally refer to NICs. Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 21:05