need help w/ TUN

David Bandel david.bandel
Mon Feb 28 12:39:32 PST 2005


On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:53:47 -0500, Douglas J Hunley
<doug at hunley.homeip.net> wrote:
> I've recompiled my kernel with Tun/Tap support, and /dev/net/tun is there and
> correct. However, when I do:
> ifconfig tun0 192.168.1.99
> 
> I get:
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> tun0: unknown interface: No such device

modprobe tun

> 
> WTF is going on? And no, this isn't for UML.

just because the device entry is there doesn't mean the kernel knows
how to talk to it.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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