Lion OS X tinc issues.

[Nick Hibma]

>> I followed the instructions from: 
>> 
>> http://www.tinc-vpn.org/examples/macbook-install/
>> 
>> Ubuntu server <-> Ubuntu server works just fine with the same config. Ubuntu server <-> Mac laptop not so much. 
>> 
>> The error I'm getting is:
>> 
>> 2012-04-10 21:48:44 tinc.l3vpn[52621]: Error while writing to Generic BSD tap device /dev/tun0: Input/output error
>> 2012-04-10 21:48:44 tinc.l3vpn[52621]: Error while writing to Generic BSD tap device /dev/tun0: Input/output error
> [...]
>> # cat tinc.conf 
>> Name = laptop
>> Mode = switch
> 
> I think you need to add "Device = /dev/tap0" to your tinc.conf. (Tinc is using
> the wrong device by default in this case.)

Mac OS X does not seem to have tun/tap support by default. I've found this project:

	http://tuntaposx.sourceforge.net/

@Guus: You might want to update the macbook-install web page with that info if this solves his problem. I've not used tinc on Mac OS X (only on FreeBSD).

Nick
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