On Sun Apr 27 2003 at 13:08:35 -0400, Andrew Brown wrote:
> >> > 	Hello folks.  I'm wondering if there is an equivalent of FreeBSD's
> >> > tap(4) device in NetBSD?   the tap(4) pseudo-device allows a user program
> >> > to pretend to be an ethernet interface to the system.
> >> 
> >> Not in the tree, but look at if_hub for the vmnet module, used in the
> >> VMware pkg. I derived it from if_tun, it has similar functionality.
> >
> >Maybe it would be a good idea to include this functionality in if_tun ?
> 
> i'm not trying to be a stick in the mud, but what's the advantage of
> /dev/tap over /dev/tun?  i don't get it.

You get the complete ethernet frame including headers out of it whereas
tun operates higher above. I remember I once needed this for something
and started porting tap from FreeBSD, but since it seems like I never
finished the job, I guess I found another way to do what I wanted.

Sorry for not being more specific ;)

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