tap1 problem

[Guus Sliepen]

On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 04:25:50PM +0100, Gillian wrote:

> I've recompiled the kernel with the ethertap device as a module <M>.
> I still cannot get the tap1 device working. Could someone please
> explain to me in detail what I need to do...  I've already tried
> 
> 	/sbin/insmod ethertap
> 
> and that gives:
> 
> 	Using /lib/modules/2.2.18/net/ethertap.o
> 	insmod: a module named ethertap already exists

It is really awkward, but you can either do it by setting up some
aliases/options in /etc/modules.conf, but I forgot which, or you can do it
manually:

insmod -x -o tap0 ethertap
insmod -x -o tap1 ethertap
...
insmod -x -o tapN ethertap

BTW, the tun/tap driver in the 2.4 kernels do not have this problem anymore,
there's a single device file which can be opened multiple times to get
multiple tap devices.

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  Guus Sliepen <guus at sliepen.warande.net>
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