Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:26:05 -0500 From: "Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO" <myevmenkin@att.com> To: "'Mike Smith'" <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: "'hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Ethernet TAP device driver released Message-ID: <BB28E4B22253D21185F80000C0A40100D44C4A@njb140po06.ems.att.com>
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Hello Mike, It seems to me bfp can bind to EXISTING interface. I.e. you have to have phisical interface. (if I wrong, correct me :) This driver will create a VIRTUAL Ethernet interface "tapX" with random MAC address etc. You can attach bpf to this interface. In other words you can connect computer to Ethernet network without having Ethernet card. All you need is just ANY type of connection. I was using ppp to connect to remote server with VTUN and DID HAVE ETHERNET network. BTW, what the difference between TUN and BPF :-) Regards, eMax. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Smith [mailto:mike@smith.net.au] > Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 12:54 PM > To: Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO > Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Ethernet TAP device driver released > > > > The beta version of Ethernet TAP device driver for FreeBSD > is released. > > This looks like BPF, only much less smart. Why reinvent the wheel? > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ > msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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