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From: Dominic Marks <dom@helenmarks.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Problems with OpenVPN+routing and creating tun0 interface
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Václav Haisman wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to set up OpenVPN to create and configure tun0 interface and
> connect to OpenVPN server. The main obstacle seems to be my inability to
> configure either OpenVPN or FreeBSD to actually create that tun0 interface.
> 
> If I try to create it manually I get this:
> 
> $ ifconfig -v tun create inet 192.168.23.203 192.168.23.1
> ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE: Invalid argument
> 
> The kernel config has the "device tun" line and there are tun[0-3] in /dev.
> 
> So what am I doing wrong?
> 
> --
> Vaclav Haisman
> 

I always let OpenVPN create them for me. Just starting the openvpn process
seems to do the magic. What happens when you try and do that?

Thanks,
Dominic