Uner make menuconfig
choose
Network Device Support
then
Ethertap Network Tap
then you do not need to use slip.
If you do not have this option in your kernel then you can use slip with no probs.
On Tue, 06 Jun 2000, guanchen KHOO wrote:
> I have tried with both kernel 2.2.13 and 2.2.14 and I cannot find the
> choice to select for ethertap using either "make config" or "make
> menuconfig". I finally modified the /usr/src/linux/.config file manually
> by adding either the line "CONFIG_ETHERTAP=y" or "CONFIG_ETHERTAP=m".
>
> With the module option, I could install the ethertap.o module by hand, and
> see in /proc/net/dev that I have lo, eth0 and tap0. But when I tried
> /sbin/ifconfig /dev/tap0 192.168.0.1 I get the error:-
>
> SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
> /dev/tap0: unknown interface: Operation not supported by device
>
> I have /dev/tap0 (made with mknod /dev/tap0 c 36 16) as ls -al /dev/tap0
> shows
>
> 0 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 36, 16 Jun 4 20:52 /dev/tap0
>
>
> When I make a kernel with "CONFIG_ETHERTAP=y" I could not even see the
> tap0 line in /proc/net/dev; and /sbin/ifconfig shows the same error.
>
> I would be grateful if someone can tell me where I have gone wrong.
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Richard KHOO Guan Chen
>
>
>
>
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