On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Derek Simkowiak wrote:
> > it can't locate modules tap0-tap15
>
> I would like to know why this happens. Why does diald look for
> "tap" modules? What _are_ those tap modules?
Ethertap devices. They are like network interfaces but they
allow data to be passed to an application rather than to
a piece of wire. It's more efficient than packing and unpacking
the packets onto a SLIP link plus it allows for the possibility
of handling protocols other than IPv4 in the future.
Mike
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