--- gvpe/src/device-linux.C	2005/03/18 01:53:05	1.10
+++ gvpe/src/device-linux.C	2005/04/08 16:48:16	1.15
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 #endif
 #define DEFAULT_DEVICE "/dev/net/tun"
 
+#include "gettext.h"
+
 #include "conf.h"
 
 #if TEST_ETHEREMU
@@ -55,6 +57,12 @@
   return _("Linux tun/tap device");
 }
 
+const char *
+tap_device::if_up ()
+{
+  return "/sbin/ifconfig $IFNAME hw ether $MAC mtu $MTU";
+}
+
 tap_device::tap_device ()
 {
   struct ifreq ifr;
@@ -88,10 +96,20 @@
     }
   else
     {
-      slog (L_CRIT, _("unable to configure tun/tap interface: %s"), strerror (errno));
+      slog (L_CRIT, _("unable to configure tun/tap interface, exiting: %s"), strerror (errno));
       exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
+#if 0
+  does not work
+  id2mac (THISNODE->id, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data);
+  if (ioctl (fd, SIOCSIFHWADDR, &ifr))
+    {
+      slog (L_ERR, _("cannot set MAC address for device %s, exiting: %s"), ifrname, strerror (errno));
+      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+#endif
+
   if (ioctl (fd, TUNSETPERSIST, conf.ifpersist ? 1 : 0))
     slog (L_WARN, _("cannot set persistency mode for device %s: %s"), ifrname, strerror (errno));