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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
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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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