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TAP/TUN device driver

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fluxman
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TAP/TUN device driver

#1 Post by fluxman »

hello everybody,

im new to this forum.

now to bussiness...

ive recently downloaded GHamachi on my debian box.

now when i try to run it. I get an error saying "Hamachi needs a TAP/TUN device driver to operate"

can anybody tell me how to fix this problem?

thx in advance

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sinical
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#2 Post by sinical »

Edit /etc/modules and add 'tun' to the end of hte file and then type

modprobe tun

you have the /dev/net/tun device node?

If not you may need to make it you can do this by

mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200

and try running it again
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