consolidated documentation on tap interface configuration

4 years ago · 2f915fb51b
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@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ n2n supports several ways to assign an IPv4 address to the virtual ethernet devi

 ### Manually Assigned IP Address

-The command line parameter `-a <IP address>` assigns a static IP address, e.g. `-a 192.168.8.5` to the device. The netmask can optionally be provided using `-s <netmask>`, e.g. `-s 255.255.255.0` which also is the default should `-s` not be provided.
+The command line parameter `-a <static:IP address>` assigns a static IP address, e.g. `-a static:192.168.8.5` to the device. The optional `static` keyword (and the delimiting colon) can be omitted, so `-a 192.168.8.5` works as well.
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+The netmask can optionally be provided using `-s <netmask>`, e.g. `-s 255.255.255.0` which also is the default should `-s` not be provided.

 ### Auto-IP Address