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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/tap.4 | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/tun.4 | 14 |
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/tap.4 b/share/man/man4/tap.4 index d68dab3..229de60 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/tap.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/tap.4 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" Based on PR#2411 .\" -.Dd November 4, 2014 +.Dd November 30, 2014 .Dt TAP 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ or a terminal for and a character-special device .Dq control interface. +A client program transfers Ethernet frames to or from the +.Nm +.Dq control +interface. +The +.Xr tun 4 +interface provides similar functionality at the network layer: +a client will transfer IP (by default) packets to or from a +.Xr tun 4 +.Dq control +interface. .Pp The network interfaces are named .Dq Li tap0 , @@ -314,4 +325,5 @@ VMware .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr inet 4 , -.Xr intro 4 +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr tun 4 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 |
