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TUN or VPN Tunneling configuration missing

Linux Kernel, Network, and Services configuration.
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mikejbedford
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TUN or VPN Tunneling configuration missing

#1 Post by mikejbedford »

Hello all, new here.

I have a build of Debian Stretch which was actually provided by ASUS for their embedded (Raspberry PI like) devices. In particular, I am using the ASUS Tinkerboard Edge R device. They tout the version of Debian that they provide as being "Lite" since we are on an embedded device. I think it is no coincidence that some packages are missing and in my case, it is the TUN/VPN Tunneling stuff. In my use case, I need to use OpenVPN to connect the device to my VPN. I am getting all sorts of errors that basically boil down to the fact that it cannot find TUN, etc..

So, I know what the problem is, my question is, can I simply add the missing packages to the already installed instance of Debian? Sure, I know that I can find other versions (more of a full version) of Debian and flash that on the device instead and have what I need but at what cost? I know that ASUS built in many packages into their build that I will instead be missing if I do that. Therefore, it seems easier if I can just add TUN to this install.

Thanks!!

Mike

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Re: TUN or VPN Tunneling configuration missing

#2 Post by Bulkley »

Shot in the dark: would vtun work?

Note: "VTun requires the universal TUN/TAP kernel module which can be found at http://vtun.sourceforge.net/tun/index.html or in the 2.4 and newer Linux kernels."

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