Jake Colman wrote:
> Can you explain what ethertap is all about? Is this something I want or
> need? I have a simple home network using ethernet and I connect to my ISP
> using ppp. I will be using diald and ip masq to share my ISP connection,
> on-demand, with all the nodes on my network. I am using a stock RH 6.0
> kernel (2.2.5-15) which I think includes ethertap modules and slip. The
slip
> support seems to work fine. Should I worry about tap?
IMHO If it ain't broke don't fix it. :)
In theory the ethertap device should be faster than using a slip link.
Mike Jagdis said, "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."
There was a time when diald with slip was unreliable on the Linux 2.1.x
kernels so I made the switch to ethertap (did exactly what I explained in
the previous email) and haven't looked back since then.
Lourdes
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