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pfsync(4) interfaces.
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.\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 7, 2012
.Dd April 3, 2012
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
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.Xr pfsync 4
interfaces:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Cm syncdev Ar iface
Use the specified interface
to send and receive pfsync state synchronisation messages.
.It Fl syncdev
Stop sending pfsync state synchronisation messages over the network.
.It Cm syncpeer Ar peer_address
Make the pfsync link point-to-point rather than using
multicast to broadcast the state synchronisation messages.
The peer_address is the IP address of the other host taking part in
the pfsync cluster.
.It Fl syncpeer
Broadcast the packets using multicast.
.It Cm maxupd Ar n
Set the maximum number of updates for a single state which
can be collapsed into one.
This is an 8-bit number; the default value is 128.
.It Cm defer
Defer transmission of the first packet in a state until a peer has
acknowledged that the associated state has been inserted.
.It Fl defer
Do not defer the first packet in a state.
This is the default.
.El
.Pp
The following parameters are specific to