Created by GNU Texinfo 6.3, http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ Next: Example configuration , Previous: Generating keypairs , Up: Configuration [ Contents ][ Index ] Before tinc can start transmitting data over the tunnel, it must set up the virtual network interface. First, decide which IP addresses you want to have associated with these devices, and what network mask they must have. Tinc will open a virtual network device ( /dev/tun , /dev/tap0 or similar), which will also create a network interface called something like ‘ tun0 ’, ‘ tap0 ’. If you are using the Linux tun/tap driver, the network interface will by default have the same name as the netname . Under Windows you can change the name of the network interface from the Network Connections control panel. You can configure the network interface by putting ordinary ifconfig, route, and other commands to a script na...