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		anotherhue on July 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tailscale ate my network (and I love it) I don't think that's correct, they both expose TUN/TAP devices so should be equivalent in their encapsulation abilities. I use both regularly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUN/TAP

FL410 on July 2, 2022 [–]

It is correct because a TUN interface is not the same as a TAP interface. The latter is layer 2.

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