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Section: User Commands  (1)<BR>Updated: August 23, 2016<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>

libvdeplug_tap - vdeplug module: tap interface 
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>

libvdeplug_tap.so
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>

This is the standard vdeplug module to connect a TAP interface.
This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde like
<B>vde_plug</B>, <B>kvm</B>, <B>qemu</B>, <B>user-mode-linux</B> and <B>virtualbox</B>.
<B>tunctl</B> or <B>vde_tunctl</B> can be used to  preconfigure a TAP device for use by a particular user.
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The vde_plug_url syntax of this module is the following:
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<B>tap://</B><I>name_of_tap_interface</I>
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<H2>EXAMPLES</H2>

<B><A HREF="tap://mytap">tap://mytap</A></B>

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This vde_plug_url refers the tap interface named <B>mytap</B>.
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<H2>NOTICE</H2>

Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with
<A HREF="http://www.vde.com">www.vde.com</A> (&quot;Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik&quot;
i.e. the German &quot;Association for Electrical, Electronic &amp; Information
Technologies&quot;).
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>

<B><A HREF="/#/man/man1/vde_plug.1.html">vde_plug</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/#/man/man1/tunctl.1.html">tunctl</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/#/man/man1/vde_tunctl.1.html">vde_tunctl</A></B>(1),
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