Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 14:24:13 -0700 From: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> To: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> Cc: Kevin Wilcox <kevin.wilcox@gmail.com>, Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, geoff@apro.com.au Subject: Re: Can I bridge the same subnet across a VPN? Message-ID: <BANLkTintKC1TgFmrjaFgSMtsd7DCcz1Fzg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=BfGDvym1GyBmvooMn1dbhT4UcTA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201105040519.56695.geoff@apro.com.au> <BANLkTimCMBvCQqOE=8Xfd9_ZF-aQeWBGEA@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTi=BfGDvym1GyBmvooMn1dbhT4UcTA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:19 AM, krad <kraduk@gmail.com> wrote: > you can do this with a combination of openvpn (using tap, not tun) and > if_bridge both ends. However I have found it to be flakey and not really > worth the effort. Better to go with a routed solution. The problem I've always found with bridged solutions is they don't cope well under heavy traffic loads when the VPN link is slower than the LANs they're bridging between. And the VPN link is usually slower if it's over a WAN. The link tends to get saturated.
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