tinc - Feb 2001 - Tinc config problem

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
    
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On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 02:52:04PM -0500, gabe w wrote:
> 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
[...]
> , all of which resulted in the message:
>     SIOCHIFHWADDR: No such device
> I'd really apreciate if anyone could tell me what the actual command
should look like.
It should be like the first line you typed. However, the error message
suggests that your kernel does not support the ethertap device. You must have
a kernel with the ethertap device compiled in or as a module. It is explained
in the documentation.

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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
  Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.warande.net>
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See also: http://tinc.nl.linux.org/
          http://www.kernelbench.org/
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