@subsection Configuration of FreeBSD kernels
For FreeBSD version 4.1 and higher, tun and tap drivers are included in the default kernel configuration.
-Using tap devices is recommended.
+The tap driver can be loaded with @code{kldload if_tap}, or by adding @code{if_tap_load="YES"} to @file{/boot/loader.conf}.
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but with recent versions of OpenBSD,
a tun device can act as a tap device by setting the link0 option with ifconfig.
+
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@node Configuration of NetBSD kernels
@subsection Configuration of NetBSD kernels
#include "bsd/tunemu.h"
#endif
-#define DEFAULT_DEVICE "/dev/tun0"
+#define DEFAULT_TUN_DEVICE "/dev/tun0"
+#if defined(HAVE_FREEBSD) || defined(HAVE_NETBSD)
+#define DEFAULT_TAP_DEVICE "/dev/tap0"
+#else
+#define DEFAULT_TAP_DEVICE "/dev/tun0"
+#endif
typedef enum device_type {
DEVICE_TYPE_TUN,
static bool setup_device(void) {
char *type;
- if(!get_config_string(lookup_config(config_tree, "Device"), &device))
- device = xstrdup(DEFAULT_DEVICE);
+ if(!get_config_string(lookup_config(config_tree, "Device"), &device)) {
+ if(routing_mode == RMODE_ROUTER)
+ device = xstrdup(DEFAULT_TUN_DEVICE);
+ else
+ device = xstrdup(DEFAULT_TAP_DEVICE);
+ }
if(!get_config_string(lookup_config(config_tree, "Interface"), &iface))
iface = xstrdup(strrchr(device, '/') ? strrchr(device, '/') + 1 : device);