Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 01:18:36 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Geier, Billy" <geier@spartan.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tun0 flags Message-ID: <199712110118.BAA17128@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Dec 1997 09:12:09 EST." <c=US%a=_%p=Spartan_Mills%l=SMC-EXCH-971210141209Z-402@smc-exch.spartan.com>
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> Hi, I have my freeBSD box up and running but the manuals for PPP state
> that the lun0 should be as follows:
>
> tun0: flags=8050<POINTOPOINT,MULITCAST> mtu 1500
>
> but mine has:
>
> tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULITCAST> mtu 1500
>
> what is the difference in the flags=8050 and 8010.
>
> When I run PPP the flags change to 8051. It also states that it can not
> open the dev. I am using cuaa1 and the dev is in the /dev directory.
> Please help as I am so close to getting a UNIX box that does dial on
> demand. I have tried three flavors of Linux and then freeBSD. FreeBSD
> was the quickest and easiest to install and some what to configure.
Sounds like there's a problem with the way the tun device is built
into your kernel....
The handbook states that the correct flags are 8050<POINTOPOINT,
RUNNING,MULTICAST>. The fact that your machine doesn't seem to have
the RUNNING bit indicates the problem.
> Thank You,
>
> Billy Geier
> Computer Engineer
> Spartan Mills
> email: geier@spartan.com
>
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