Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 20:39:15 +0100 From: Jeff Penn <jeff+freebsd@jrpenn.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: constant tun interface Message-ID: <20040704193915.GB36949@jrpenn.demon.co.uk>
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Lev Klimin <levanty@mari-el.ru>: > I have little trouble. I have 4.10-release with ppp ant ipnat. On > startup ipnat reload it's rules with interface tun0 in statments which > is ppp's device. But before running ppp, there is no tun device in > system pppctl(8) includes some examples of how to achieve this. You will also need to configure rc.conf(5) to run the ppp daemon at start up. The solution is straightforward, I answered a similar question with more details on the newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. > Because of lack of tun interface, further ipnat rules don't work. I > can reload ipnat then ppp starting, and it's OK. Can I build my > kernel to make tun interface on startup sach as ppp interface? I build > my kernel with option > pseudo-device tun 1 #Tunnel driver (ppp(8), nos-tun(8)) > but after reboot I don't see tun interface in ifconfig output. Building tun0 into the kernel will have no effect. I prefer to use the module that is automatically loaded. jeff
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