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Clarify that 'ifconfig -a' might not show an tun devices in recent releases,

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and that they are dynamically created.

PR:		20107
Noticed by:	George Russell <george.russell@clara.net>
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Ben Smithurst 2000-07-23 19:51:30 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=7702
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
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<!--
The FreeBSD Documentation Project
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml,v 1.25 2000/06/14 20:30:38 jim Exp $
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml,v 1.26 2000/07/16 16:43:40 alex Exp $
-->
<chapter id="ppp-and-slip">
@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ tun2: flags=8051&lt;UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500
inet 203.10.100.1 --&gt; 203.10.100.20 netmask 0xffffffff
tun3: flags=8010&lt;POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500</screen>
<note>
<para>In FreeBSD 4.0 and later releases, you will only see any
<devicename>tun</devicename> devices which have already been
used. This means you might not see <emphasis>any</emphasis>
<devicename>tun</devicename> devices. If this is the case, do
not worry; the device should be created dynamically when
<command>ppp</command> attempts to use it.</para>
</note>
<para>This case shows four tunnel devices, two of which are
currently configured and being used. It should be noted that
the <literal>RUNNING</literal> flag above indicates that the
@ -209,6 +218,10 @@ tun0: flags=8050&lt;POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt; mut 1500</screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig tun0</userinput>
tun0: flags=8010&lt;POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500</screen>
<para>Remember from earlier that you might not see the device if it
has not been used yet, as <devicename>tun</devicename> devices are
created on demand in FreeBSD 4.0 and later releases.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>

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<!--
The FreeBSD Documentation Project
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml,v 1.25 2000/06/14 20:30:38 jim Exp $
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml,v 1.26 2000/07/16 16:43:40 alex Exp $
-->
<chapter id="ppp-and-slip">
@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ tun2: flags=8051&lt;UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500
inet 203.10.100.1 --&gt; 203.10.100.20 netmask 0xffffffff
tun3: flags=8010&lt;POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500</screen>
<note>
<para>In FreeBSD 4.0 and later releases, you will only see any
<devicename>tun</devicename> devices which have already been
used. This means you might not see <emphasis>any</emphasis>
<devicename>tun</devicename> devices. If this is the case, do
not worry; the device should be created dynamically when
<command>ppp</command> attempts to use it.</para>
</note>
<para>This case shows four tunnel devices, two of which are
currently configured and being used. It should be noted that
the <literal>RUNNING</literal> flag above indicates that the
@ -209,6 +218,10 @@ tun0: flags=8050&lt;POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt; mut 1500</screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig tun0</userinput>
tun0: flags=8010&lt;POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500</screen>
<para>Remember from earlier that you might not see the device if it
has not been used yet, as <devicename>tun</devicename> devices are
created on demand in FreeBSD 4.0 and later releases.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>