Hi ... On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:19, Vimal <j.vimal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I created a persistent tap device (tap0) using tunctl. The examples > from tunctl source code claim that a /dev/tap0 character device will > be created that we can read from/write to. However, I am not able to > find any tap0 device in /dev directory. How exactly do I open the > tap0 device? Most of the times, network related devices aren't represented as file inside /dev. This is...well, you might think,against common sense that "everything is file" under Linux. To get a practical example of it, try to unpack User Mode Linux utilities (http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/uml_utilities_20070815.tar.bz2) and check the related codes there. As for a short intro, it's a collection of utility to help setting up User Mode Linux guest machine and several of them tackles setting up virtual network (using tun/tap...) Good luck... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
