Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:26:09 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie on tunnelling Message-ID: <20061213172609.GB36107@ns2.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <718eeb340612130748p4a96f640qa3a9693f3e8ad4f7@mail.gmail.com> References: <20061213141914.GR46624@ns2.wananchi.com> <718eeb340612130748p4a96f640qa3a9693f3e8ad4f7@mail.gmail.com>
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* On 13/12/06 15:48 +0000, Chris wrote: | Loading a kernel module at boot time is done by editing (or creating) | loader.conf in /boot. And adding [module_name]_load="YES" to load a module, | so: if_gre_load="YES". | | Edit rc.conf for startup configurations. Take a look at "man rc.conf". The | sections on network_interfaces and static_routes will be of some help. | | On 13/12/06, Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com > wrote: | > | >I need to create a VPN between two offices. Each has a LAN that is | >behind a FreeBSD router/firewall. | > | >I have managed to do the following manually: | > | >hq-office: | >kldload if_gre.ko | >ifconfig gre0 create | >ifconfig gre0 tunnel 62.8.68.94 62.8.82.142 | >ifconfig gre0 inet 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.252 | >route add -net 192.168.1.0/24 -interface gre0 | > | >sub-office: | >kldload if_gre.ko | >ifconfig gre0 create | >ifconfig gre0 tunnel 62.8.82.142 62.8.68.94 | >ifconfig gre0 inet 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.252 | >route add -net 192.168.0.0/24 -interface gre0 | > | >Now my simple question is: How do I automate these commands during boot | >time? | > So, if I compiled kernel with "device gre" (FreeBSD 5.5 here, sorry) then there is no need to load the module via loader.conf, yes? So in rc.conf. would the following suffice (for hq-office)? cloned_interfaces="gre0" ifconfig_gre0="inet 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 tunnel 62.8.68.94 62.8.82.142 up" How about the static route portions? It's still not clear to me how to take care of them in rc.conf. TIA -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the problems of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums.
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