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| author | peterj <peterj@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-12-30 23:52:48 +0000 |
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| committer | peterj <peterj@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-12-30 23:52:48 +0000 |
| commit | bb94e30e60eb81e11ad88e00cd7c8255afe38048 (patch) | |
| tree | 8439d3033897c357f1c3d2bfbcd85ff1c4f6fc22 /share/man/man4/tun.4 | |
| parent | 10c6be06b424f54357c7ab09aee6e5ea3a110720 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-bb94e30e60eb81e11ad88e00cd7c8255afe38048.zip FreeBSD-src-bb94e30e60eb81e11ad88e00cd7c8255afe38048.tar.gz | |
MFH r274083:
convert .Nm to proper .Xr's...
MFH r275298:
Cross reference tap(4) and tun(4) and include a short explanation as
to how they differ. This will assist users in selecting which interface
is more appropriate for their purposes.
No objection: jmg (r274083)
Approved by: grog (co-mentor)
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/tun.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/tun.4 | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/tun.4 b/share/man/man4/tun.4 index b5139a7..0b88b72 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/tun.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/tun.4 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" Based on PR#2411 .\" -.Dd February 4, 2007 +.Dd November 30, 2014 .Dt TUN 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ or a terminal for and a character-special device .Dq control interface. +A client program transfers IP (by default) packets to or from the +.Nm +.Dq control +interface. +The +.Xr tap 4 +interface provides similar functionality at the Ethernet layer: +a client will transfer Ethernet frames to or from a +.Xr tap 4 +.Dq control +interface. .Pp The network interfaces are named .Dq Li tun0 , @@ -307,6 +318,7 @@ them pile up. .Xr inet 4 , .Xr intro 4 , .Xr pty 4 , +.Xr tap 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was originally obtained from |
