Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 19:59:36 +1000 (EST) From: Neo-Vortex <root@Neo-Vortex.net> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> Cc: Marc Olzheim <marcolz@stack.nl>, FreeBSD-net@freebsd.org, Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> Subject: Re: Problems with gif tunnels Message-ID: <20050608195837.Q65103@Neo-Vortex.net> In-Reply-To: <20050608095703.GM64194@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20050607093717.GA76296@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050607100958.GU41050@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <20050607093717.GA76296@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050607094848.GB16223@stack.nl> <20050607231218.GD64194@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050608084946.GI41050@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <20050608095703.GM64194@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 8 June 2005 at 10:49:46 +0200, Jeremie Le Hen wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > >> I don't see any reply. But that's not surprising, since the echo > >> packet doesn't get delivered. To summarize again: > >> > >> - rl0 is the external interface (-> DSL), IP 150.101.14.10. > >> - xl0 is the internal interface, IP 192.109.197.143. > >> - encapsulated packet comes in from 203.16.215.227 with data from IP > >> 192.83.231.16 for 192.109.197.145. It should go out xl0. > >> - It doesn't. No further indication of why not. > > > > I saw your commit on gif(4) manual page precising that gif(4) does not > > do GRE tunnels. Does it represent a solution to your problem ? > > Heh. Yes :-) > > It's currently pushing 7:30 pm, and I was going to send out a reply > tomorrow. But indeed, it seems that Linux people prefer GRE tunnels, > we prefer (with good reason) IP tunnels, and the whole issue was one > of documentation. After changing my tunnel from GRE to IP, it worked > (and works) like a charm. > > But there's more to come, including a docco for Internode to hand to > their FreeBSD customers (sadly, once they were FreeBSD, but they moved > to Linux). Watch this space. > > Greg > -- > The virus contained in this message was not detected. > > Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > What is the difference between gre and gif tunnels anyway... the man mages were not that informative... ~NVX
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