# but for ethertap and FreeBSD this is tap0, tap1, tap2 etcetera,
# for Solaris and OpenBSD it is tun0, tun1, etcetera.
-# Set hardware ethernet address (required!)
+# Set hardware ethernet address, needed on Linux when in router mode
ifconfig $INTERFACE hw ether fe:fd:0:0:0:0
# Give it the right ip and netmask. Remember, the subnet of the
# tap device must be larger than that of the individual Subnets
# as defined in the host configuration file!
-ifconfig $INTERFACE 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 -arp
+ifconfig $INTERFACE 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.0.0
+
+# Disable ARP, needed on Linux when in router mode
+ifconfig $INTERFACE -arp