Re: problem with ethertap device
kaz / Yasuhide OOMORI (dasen@typhoon.co.jp)
Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:27:56 +0900
On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 11:48:31AM +0100,
"van Heusden, Folkert" <Folkertvan.Heusden@getronics.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to get the ethertapdevice to work (kernel
>> 2.2.13) but I'm facing problems.
>> The procedure I take is:
>>
>> insmod ethertap
>> ifconfig tap0 192.168.13.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
>>
>> cat /dev/tap0 gives me:
>> No such device
>> At that moment, I'm root.
>> ls -la /dev/tap0 gives me:
>> crw-r--r-- 1 root root 36, 16
>>
>> as far as I can see I did everything as described in the
>> document (linux/Documentation/networking/ethertap.txt).
>Anyone a suggestion?
A lot of people around me uses PPxP and it uses ethertap.
http://www.linet.gr.jp/~manabe/PPxP/
is written in Japanese but its tarball has English docs.
I'm not sure but ethertap doesn't work with RedHat-6.1's srpm
on Vine Linux development edition(VineSeed)...
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kaz / Yasuhide OOMORI
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