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Date:      Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:36:20 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tun and SIOCSIFADDR
Message-ID:  <20060605193051.B79180@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>
In-Reply-To: <17540.30581.541897.566515@canoe.dclg.ca>
References:  <17540.30581.541897.566515@canoe.dclg.ca>

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On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, David Gilbert wrote:

> I read in the if_tun manpage that it supports SIOCSIFADDR (such that
> it works with ifconfig).  I like examples, so I search the ifconfig
> source code for SIOCSIFADDR.  None.  Then I search the entire source
> tree.  ppp uses it to set the IPX address.  Obviously SIOCSIFADDR is
> not the preferred way to do this anymore.  Hints?

SIOCSIFADDR/SIOCSIFDSTADDR was deprecated about 10 years ago. See
man 4 netintro /Calls which are now deprecated are .
If you want SIOCSIFADDR/SIOCSIFDSTADDR for tun you need a patch I
have in my tree.
SIOCAIFADDR is what you really want. Look at ppp sources for examples
for example.

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Bjoern A. Zeeb				bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT



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