From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 6 19:43:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA19206 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 19:43:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA19198 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 19:43:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gurney_j@efn.org) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA09123; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 19:41:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19971006194105.38549@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 19:41:05 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Wm Brian McCane Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SKIP References: <199710062258.RAA04576@bmccane.uit.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <199710062258.RAA04576@bmccane.uit.net>; from Wm Brian McCane on Mon, Oct 06, 1997 at 05:58:18PM -0500 Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Wm Brian McCane scribbled this message on Oct 6: > Hello, > > I asked a while back about setting up a Virtual Private Network. > Many people suggested SKIP and 1 suggested swIPe. I have been looking at > the SKIP documentation, and I think we may have had a slight misunderstanding. > > From what I have read so far in the SKIP docs, it is to connect > Machine A to Machine B via a "secure" pipe. And I have seen a little > bit about possible connection Machine A to LAN C. But what I need to do > is connect LAN C to LAN D. Is this possible with SKIP, swIPe, or a > player to be named later? if you don't need extreme bandwidth.. then simply use iij-ppp... right now a friend and I are connected via a private network this way... he used to dial into my machine, but then moved to better connectivity, so now we just tunnle it down... the man page for iij-ppp pretty much describes what you need to do... ttyl.. -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD