Re: tap driver

Re: tap driver

This is a discussion on Re: tap driver within the mailing.openbsd.tech forums, part of the OpenBSD category; --> On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, redmar wrote: > > > I've successfully added the tap device with these files ...

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Re: tap driver

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02-18-2008, 07:38 AM

Dries Schellekens

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Re: tap driver

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, redmar wrote:

> > > I've successfully added the tap device with these files to my 3.3 >
> stable box,
> >
> > Why do people need this device? Isn't it the same as tun(4)?
>
> tun is network layer, tap is datalink layer.

What is wrong with bpf(4)?

> I'm for example using the tap device for a bridged VPN with OpenVPN.

Cheers,

Dries
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