NAME

       libvdeplug_tap - vdeplug module: tap interface

SYNOPSIS

       libvdeplug_tap.so

DESCRIPTION

       This  is  the  standard  vdeplug  module  to  connect  a  TAP  interface.   This module of
       libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde like vde_plug, kvm, qemu, user-mode-
       linux  and virtualbox.  tunctl or vde_tunctl can be used to  preconfigure a TAP device for
       use by a particular user.

       The vde_plug_url syntax of this module is the following:
              tap://name_of_tap_interface

EXAMPLES

       tap://mytap
       This vde_plug_url refers the tap interface named mytap.

NOTICE

       Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any  way  with  www.vde.com  ("Verband  der
       Elektrotechnik,  Elektronik  und  Informationstechnik"  i.e.  the  German "Association for
       Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies").

SEE ALSO

       vde_plug(1), tunctl(1), vde_tunctl(1),