[arch-general] tap device

[Damjan Georgievski]

> 3: tap0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
>
...

> I do not understand why the tap0 profile is listed as DOWN. (# ip link
> set dev tap0 up does nothing more)
>

it's not down. it's UP, only NO-CARRIER. but for a tap device you also need
a user-space program  to handle it.
what do you want to accomplish? do you perhaps need a veth device?


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damjan