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Re: Interface type



On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 05:06:30PM +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> So why does tap0 (which is a tunnel as used by OpenVPN) not have the
> IFF_POINTOPOINT flag?

tap(4) can be used in various ways, for example in a bridge(4) to provide
another MAC to run multiple pppoe(4) across a single external ethernet.

Martin


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