> 3: tap0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc > ...
> I do not understand why the tap0 profile is listed as DOWN. (# ip link > set dev tap0 up does nothing more) > it's not down. it's UP, only NO-CARRIER. but for a tap device you also need a user-space program to handle it. what do you want to accomplish? do you perhaps need a veth device? -- damjan