[plug] Debian UML networking

[Matt Kemner]

On Wed, 18 May 2005, quoth Ryan:

> Do I need to create the /dev/net/tun device with chnod or something,

Yes, if you don't have a /dev/net/tun you will need to create it
mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200

> or
> do I really need to recompile a kernel with the tun module in it to use
> on the host system (unfortunately not an option at present) ?

And yes, you do need tun/tap support in your host's kernel (either
directly or via a module)

Your only other option really is to set up a serial link between the host
and uml and run SLIP over that (sloooow)

 - Matt