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| author | peterj <peterj@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-11-30 04:50:13 +0000 |
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| committer | peterj <peterj@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-11-30 04:50:13 +0000 |
| commit | 058535ab0fa4f8a1188baaed24e475c8de12b2d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 2bc764e4e0333897e4060c78506d0754e280cbe5 /share/man/man4/tun.4 | |
| parent | b77aaa6e5f333ca818bf47a37f58b4b778b3e44b (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-058535ab0fa4f8a1188baaed24e475c8de12b2d0.zip FreeBSD-src-058535ab0fa4f8a1188baaed24e475c8de12b2d0.tar.gz | |
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.
Approved by: grog (co-mentor)
MFC after: 2 week
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 |
