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Date:      Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:41:03 +0300
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
Cc:        Questions FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: IP tunneling
Message-ID:  <33FAAD9F.3DAD@barcode.co.il>
References:  <199708191533.KAA21144@horton.iaces.com>

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Paul T. Root wrote:
> 
> This is kind of a pie in the sky question.
> 
> Is there any software for Unix (FreeBSD or whatever else) that would allow
> me to do IP tunneling in IP. What I mean is can I setup some software that
> will make 2 or more machines think they are directly connected to each other
> while actually being a couple of hops apart.
> 
> Cisco's can do this cisco to Cisco.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul.
> --
> "I think I left it in the basement.  I'll run upstairs and have a look."
>                                                         --M.C. Escher

ppp (user-mode PPP) supports PPP over TCP. It's not quite the same, but
it may be good enough for you.

The man page in 3.0-current has more info (I think it also works with
older versions, but it's not that well documented).

Nadav



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