Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:10:25 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9573@gmx.com> To: Jon Otterholm <jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VPLS implementation Message-ID: <4CB57781.1030402@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <C44C550808114E4B9F4CF3FCA16F10A101019B2D@edusrv05.edu.irc.local> References: <C44C550808114E4B9F4CF3FCA16F10A101019B2D@edusrv05.edu.irc.local>
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Jon Otterholm wrote: > Are there any plans or ongoing work to implement VPLS in the network > stack? > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Private_LAN_Service > If you don't need interoperability with others, you can theoretically achieve something like VPLS using if_bridge, if_gif, EtherIP and the "private" flag of if_bridge. Of course it would be a static setup and you'll have to create full mesh connections for all the participating nodes. Nikos
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