Re: problem with ethertap device

Borek Lupomesky (Borek.Lupomesky@ujep.cz)
Mon, 8 Nov 1999 12:04:29 +0100 (CET)


On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, van Heusden, Folkert 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?

How come I don't have this document in my freshly unpacked 2.2.13
tree? And I even cannot find ethertap in configuration menu (make
menuconfig & xconfig)
Strange.

Bye Borek

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