Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 01:58:12 +0300 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: James Lott <james@lottspot.com> Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ethernet tunneling options under FreeBSD Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSeDVHANerZfXc94n0KoRU3AqnePXjgVUOcq0N2QjzsQkA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55CD1CE6.2010502@lottspot.com> References: <55CD1CE6.2010502@lottspot.com>
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On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 1:40 AM, James Lott <james@lottspot.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > I am in the process of planning a build out of a L2 VPN, in which I'd like > to have my primary "switch" and DHCP server be a FreeBSD system. I would > like to join each new host to the VPN by establishing an IP tunnel with the > primary "switch" which transports ethernet frames over the tunnel. > > So far, the only protocol I have found supported by FreeBSD which seems > capable of this is EtherIP. As far as I can tell, it doesn't look like there > is any support for L2TPv3, and none of the PPP implementations available > appear to support BCP. > > I'm not completely opposed to using EtherIP, but if there is something more > modern which will meet my needs, I would probably try that first. So my > question becomes: > > * Does anyone know of a method supported under FreeBSD (other than EtherIP) > for tunneling ethernet over IP that they may be able to suggest I check out? > > Thanks for any suggestions! > First thing that comes to my mind is OpenVPN on a tap(4) interface. -Kimmo
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