From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 1 10:26:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ckmso1.proxy.att.com (ckmso1.att.com [12.20.58.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 273B015035 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 10:26:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from myevmenkin@att.com) Received: from njb140r1.ems.att.com ([135.65.202.58]) by ckmso1.proxy.att.com (AT&T IPNS/MSO-2.2) with ESMTP id NAA24574; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:26:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from njb140bh3.ems.att.com by njb140r1.ems.att.com (8.8.8+Sun/ATTEMS-1.4.1 sol2) id NAA16322; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:25:41 -0500 (EST) Received: by njb140bh3.ems.att.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:26:07 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO" To: "'Mike Smith'" Cc: "'hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: RE: Ethernet TAP device driver released Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:26:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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