From owner-freebsd-net Fri Nov 1 0:54:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2788137B404 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 00:54:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp030.tiscali.dk (smtp030.tiscali.dk [212.54.64.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0819543E3B for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 00:54:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from thomas@gielfeldt.dk) Received: from [172.16.0.3] (213.237.34.52.adsl.suoe.worldonline.dk [213.237.34.52]) by smtp030.tiscali.dk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id gA18sRp4029515 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 09:54:27 +0100 (MET) From: Thomas Gielfeldt Subject: Re:[2] MPD + Win2K + broadcast To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 09:59:38 +0100 Lines: 33 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Kaufman Mail Warrior 3,61 Final Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Archie Cobbs wrote on 01-11-02 00:19:19: > >Thomas Gielfeldt writes: [reformatted to 80 columns] >> I'm still tampering with VPN and I want to say thanks for the advice >> I've gotton from here and elsewhere. Now I'm trying to connect a >> Win2k client to my internal network through mpd + netgraph. This >> works fine. However, there's something I don't understand. The ip >> assigned to the client is on the same subnet as the LAN, but broadcast >> data is not sent through the tunnel? Proxy-Arp is enabled. I also >> would like to tunnel ipx through. can mpd do this? > >No mpd does not do that. Might be a good idea for a sysctl.. e.g. > > net.inet.ip.fwd_bcast_tunnel > >to enable forwarding of broadcast packets across any point-to-point >links whos local address lies on the broadcast subnet. > >If what you're really trying to solve is NBNS, use a WINS server. > >-Archie > >__________________________________________________________________________ >Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com Hmm... does this mean that theres no way to send broadcast traffic throug a point-to-point tunnel? ... Oh bugger. This wasn't only intended for NBNS but also for gaming. Thanks /Thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message