tap1 problem

Gillian gillianh at paper-graphics.com
Tue May 8 13:41:52 CEST 2001


Hi Ivo,

Thanks for your advice. Seems like a funny way to configure a kernel.
Is there any way to get this running without recompiling the ethertap
device as a module.

Regards,
Gillian.

-----Original Message-----
From:	Ivo Timmermans [SMTP:irt at cistron.nl]
Sent:	08 May 2001 12:34
To:	tinc at nl.linux.org
Subject:	Re: tap1 problem

Gillian wrote:
>    /sbin/ifconfig tap1 hw ether fe:fd:00:00:00:00
> 
> This command gives the following error message:
> 
>    SIOCSIFHWADDR: No such device

AFAIK, you must compile ethertap as a module if you want to use two
devices, did you do this?


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