Comment 11 for bug 499491

tun module does not seem to be available in Kernel 2.6.32-17

* Tried using modconf, but was unable to find "tun" under kernel/drivers/net
* sudo module-assistant search tun returns
tun-source (source package not installed):
  -- Binary package(s) for kernel(s):
   + (2.6.32-17-generic):
* sudo module-assistant a-i tun-source (Fails)
* sudo modprobe tun (Does not have any effect)
* Editing /etc/module file and adding "tun" to it does not work
* lsmod | grep tun (Does not show anything)
* ls -l /dev/net/tun show output "/dev/net/tun"
* ifconfig -a does not show any tun0 interface
* Finally VPNC / KVPNC are failing to work.

Any help in this regards would be appreciated, as I've tried hard but still issue remains.

P.S. Please don't strip the Kernel for faster boot to such an extent that there is nothing left to boot.