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authorbrooks <brooks@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-28 00:22:44 +0000
committerbrooks <brooks@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-28 00:22:44 +0000
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Mention that gif interfaces are created at runtime and refer the
administrator to the ifconfig create command. MFC after: 1 week
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@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ interfaces.
Please note that it is very easy to create infinite routing loop,
when you configure tunnel over same address family
(e.g. IPv4-over-IPv4).
+.Pp
+gif
+interfaces are allocated at runtime using interface cloning. This is
+most easily done with the
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+.Cm create
+command.
.Sh EXAMPLES
If you would like to configure IPv6 over IPv4
(aka IPv6 in IPv4)
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