Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 01:39:36 +0200 From: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> To: James Lott <james@lottspot.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ethernet tunneling options under FreeBSD Message-ID: <3e2b39d46709d7329feb57065ce08478@mailbox.ijs.si> In-Reply-To: <55CD1CE6.2010502@lottspot.com> References: <55CD1CE6.2010502@lottspot.com>
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2015-08-14 00:40 James Lott wrote: > I am in the process of planning a build out of a L2 VPN, in which I'd > like to have my primary "switch" and DHCP server be a FreeBSD system. > I would like to join each new host to the VPN by establishing an IP > tunnel with the primary "switch" which transports ethernet frames over > the tunnel. > > So far, the only protocol I have found supported by FreeBSD which > seems capable of this is EtherIP. As far as I can tell, it doesn't > look like there is any support for L2TPv3, and none of the PPP > implementations available appear to support BCP. > > I'm not completely opposed to using EtherIP, but if there is something > more modern which will meet my needs, I would probably try that first. > So my question becomes: > > * Does anyone know of a method supported under FreeBSD (other than > EtherIP) for tunneling ethernet over IP that they may be able to > suggest I check out? vxlan ? It is new with FreeBSD 10.2. Mark
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