Re: how to enable one more tun in openbsd

From: Mailman (mailman_at_anonymous.org)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 17:59:14 +0200

Thorsten Glaser wrote:

> Dixitur illum samwun@hgcbroadband.com scribere...
>
>> The ifconfig -a shown that there is only one tun (tun0) turnned on when
>> the system started up. How can I configure the OpenBSd system (in 3.5) to
>> enable another tun device?
>
> man ifconfig
>
> You can just create /etc/hostname.tun1 as well...
>
> //Thorsten

You may need to recompile your kernel - there is a parameter for the number
of supported tun devices. ifconfig will not "create" a device beyond this
limit. 

-- 
Mailman

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