Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 23:16:41 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: James Lott <james@lottspot.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ethernet tunneling options under FreeBSD Message-ID: <55CE0659.6050206@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <55CD1CE6.2010502@lottspot.com> References: <55CD1CE6.2010502@lottspot.com>
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On 8/14/15 6:40 AM, James Lott wrote: > Hello list, > > 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. > you haven't really described the network well enough.. try an ascii-art diagram (don't forget to set fixed width font :-) a VPN required two ends.. one is FreeBSD... what's the other? > 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? if both ends are FreeBSD there are dozens of possibilities.. for example: ng_eif->netgraph->ppp->ipsec->ppp->netgraph->ng_eif ng_eif->ng_ksock(udp)->IPsec->ng_ksock->ng_eif tap->ppp->ppp->tap > > Thanks for any suggestions! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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