netdev - Re: tap0 device stopped working in 2.6.36 (ok in 2.6.35)

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Date:	Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:10:35 -0700
From:	Nolan Leake <nolan@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Jim <jim876@...all.nl>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tap0 device stopped working in 2.6.36 (ok in 2.6.35)

On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 18:09 +0200, Jim wrote:
> Not exactly, VirtualBox calls it "bridged adapter", it 'bridges' the
> guest machine to the tap0 interface on the host for so called host-only
> networking.
> See eg. http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=165
> 
> And this sequence is now simply failing
>   tunctl -t tap0 -u tuxuser
>   ifconfig tap0 10.0.0.1 up

Jim,

Could you do me a favor and try this sequence:
  tunctl -t tap0 -u tuxuser
  <run virtualbox such that it attaches to tap0>
  ifconfig tap0 10.0.0.1 up

Thanks,
 - nolan
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