Tinc config problem

["gabe w" <gw7791@hotmail.com>]

I fairly new to Linux, and I'm trying to set up Tinc on my Linux box. However I got stuck at the following point in the documentation:

"....

The actual setup of the ethertap device is quite simple, just repeat after me:

        ifconfig tap_n_ hw ether fe:fd:00:00:00:00

...

".

Now, this is obviously not what I have to type to the command prompt, although, I'm not ashamed to say,  that I tried this, too. These are the commands that I also tried:

 

    ifconfig tap0 hw ether fe:fd:00:00:00:00     # /dev/tap0 being the device file I had created w/ mknod

    ifconfig /dev/tap0 hw ether fe:fd:00:00:00:00

    ifconfig /dev/tap0 hw eth0 fe:fd:00:00:00:00

    ifconfig tap_0 hw ether fe:fd:00:00:00:00

 

, all of which resulted in the message:

    SIOCHIFHWADDR: No such device

, except #3, which resulted in the output of the usage of ifconfig.

 

I'd really apreciate if anyone could tell me what the actual command should look like.

 

Thanks,

Gabe