Re: [Sheflug] VPN

[Robert Pumphrey <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am using kernel 2.4.10, and the documentation tells me that ethertap 
is obsolete, and I should be using tun/tap. I have installed tun/tap, 
and I have tun.o as a kernel module, which is loaded (as reported by 
lsmod).
I still get the syslog message

"can't allocate tap device. File descriptor in bad state(77)"

anyone???

Thanks

Rob


>>Has anyone got any experience with VTUN (http://vtun.sourceforge.net)? I
>>am trying to get it to work, but I am stuck. I have installed the
>>TUN/TAP drivers, but when attempting to create a connection, I just get
>>the message "Can't allocate TAP driver" in my syslog file.
>>
> 
> do you have the "ethertap" modules compiled and enabled in the kernel?
> if so, add the following to your /etc/modules.conf file:
> 
> alias tap0 ethertap
> alias tap1 ethertap   (if needed)
> 
> also make sure that you have the /dev/tap* devices available - see the 
> ethertap documentation in the kernel source iof you do not.
> 
> Pieter


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