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Date:      Sun, 24 Jun 2001 18:10:49 -0700
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To:        Wyatt Banks <banksw@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: using pseudo-device tun
Message-ID:  <20010624181049.C11961@blossom.cjclark.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106241531580.37015-100000@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>; from banksw@fang.cs.sunyit.edu on Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 03:35:45PM -0400
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106241531580.37015-100000@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>

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On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 03:35:45PM -0400, Wyatt Banks wrote:
> I'm currently following the handbook on how to dial into another machine
> using ppp and having some difficulty getting a tun device working.  Here
> is the output from grep tun mykernel:
> 
> pseudo-device	tun     1	# Packet tunnel.
> pseudo-device	gif	4       # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
> 
> I then rebuilt this kernel, installed it and rebooted, but ifconfig -a
> gives me the following output which shows no tun devices:

[snip]

> Did I do something wrong in my kernel?  Am I supposed to use a gif instead
> of a tun somehow?

A tun(4) won't show up until you start ppp(8).
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu

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