My previous message was meant for another list. Apology for the disturbance.
I've set aside the instructions for qemu. Trying to understand how a tap device is created. "man ip" has minimal explanation of "ip tuntap". https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15626088/tap-interfaces-and-dev-net-tun-device-using-ip-tuntap-command prompts this. peter@joule:/home/peter$ sudo ip tuntap add mode tap tap0 [sudo] password for peter: open: No such file or directory peter@joule:/home/peter$ ls -ld /dev/tu* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 13 07:34 /dev/tun -> /dev/net/tun Can anyone succeed to create a tap device using ip in Debian 10? Thx, ... P. -- cell: +1 236 464 1479 Bcc: peter at easthope. ca VoIP: +1 604 670 0140