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Date:      Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:28:03 +0100
From:      Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de>
To:        Bob Kersten <bob@fellownet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VPN / Bridge
Message-ID:  <20060124172803.398db141@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <E11CF724-B7BB-473B-B313-EBCFCB593424@fellownet.com>
References:  <E11CF724-B7BB-473B-B313-EBCFCB593424@fellownet.com>

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Bob Kersten <bob@fellownet.com> wrote:

> I've been trying to create a tunnel/bridge between two networks
> which both reside behind a FreeBSD router using NAT. I've achieved it
> using the handbook example in chapter 14.10. Clients on network A are
> able to ping clients on network B and clients on network A are able
> to map samba shares on the NAT box/gateway of network B. The example
> however uses two different subnets to route traffic between both
> networks. Unfortunately broadcasts will not travel through the tunnel
> which causes Apple's bonjour (called rendezvous earlier) not being
> able to discover clients on the other network.
>=20
> What I want to achieve is what I believe a bridge between both =20
> networks. The entire network A should be on the same subnet as =20
> network B:
>=20
> network A
> range 192.168.100.100 - 192.168.100.199 / 255.255.255.0
>    |
> FreeBSD gateway A
> en1: IP: 192.168.100.101 / 255.255.255.0
> en0: public IP: 25.25.25.1
>    |
> Internet
>    |
> FreeBSD gateway B
> en0: public IP: 25.25.25.2
> en1: IP: 192.168.100.1 / 255.255.255.0
>    |
> Network B
> range 192.168.100.1 - 192.168.100.99 / 255.255.255.0
>=20
> Using the example from the handbook there was no additional =20
> configuration necessary on the clients on both networks, the FreeBSD =20
> gateways handled all the necessary routing. It would be great if
> this new setup should also not require any additional settings on
> the clients aswell.
>=20
> Can anyone give me an example or the necessary steps to create this =20
> kind of VPN?

If you use FreeBSD 6.0 see man if_bridge, else see man bridge.

Fabian
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http://www.fabiankeil.de/

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