Re: tun failing: SIOCSIFADDR: No such device

[Geoff Reidy <greendog@pacific.net.au>]

Geoff Reidy wrote:
> CoolFox wrote:
>
> > >
> > 1) Load the right module for your ethernet device
> > 2) ifconfig eth0
> > 3) route add default netmask 0.0.0.0 gw (ip of your gateway)
> >
> > if it is already done, try :
> > /etc/init.d/networking restart
>
> tun is the right module, it creates an interface that e.g. a guest OS on 
> qemu can use to access the net, there is no hardware associated with it.
> Even a reboot doesn't get it going :(

It would take about 10 seconds to verify this!
modprobe tun
ifconfig tun0

Debian sid 2.6.11 kernel.
Is this too much to ask?